The Gatehouse website record for Ardley

In the civil parish of Ardley. In the historic county of Oxfordshire (Modern Authority of Oxfordshire, 1974 county of Oxfordshire).

Sub-rectangular earthwork enclosure representing an earthwork ringwork, situated circa 100m south west of Manor Farm in Ardley Wood. The earthwork consists of a 7m wide ditch which is open to a depth of circa 2.3m with a single causeway entrance in the north east corner. The ditch encloses an area 66m from north to south and between 40m and 50m from east to west. There was originally a low internal bank which is now only visible on parts on the north west and south east sides. Where visible this measures circa 2.5m wide and stands up to 0.6m high. This may well have been much more substantial or included a palisade or wall in its original form. Within the enclosure are several possible building platforms which may represent accommodation or stables. The monument is believed to have originally been a Norman ringwork reused later in the medieval period as a dry-moated settlement site.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP53932735

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 338864
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 2526 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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