The dark circles in the crop are 'ring ditches', the sites of Bronze Age barrows (burial mounds). The Neolithic long barrow is the pair of dark marks close to the A34, on the left of the photo. (c) AAAHS
The dark circles in the crop are 'ring ditches', the sites of Bronze Age barrows (burial mounds). The Neolithic long barrow is the pair of dark marks close to the A34, on the left of the photo. (c) AAAHS
A Neolithic long barrow and several Bronze Age round barrows, known from aerial photographs, were investigated in trial trenches.
The work was done as part of plans for a multiplex cinema next to Marcham Road Tesco, but the multiplex was never built.
Published Reference: G. Pugh (1997), Abingdon Multiplex, Abingdon, Oxon. Archaeological Evaluation Report