Brightwell Barrow

View of Brightwell Barrow from the Wittenham Clumps side
Location of Brightwell Barrow in Oxfordshire

Brightwell Barrow is a bronze Age round barrow in the civil parish of Brightwell-cum-Sotwell in the English county of Oxfordshire[1] (formerly Berkshire).

It lies just under a kilometre from Wittenham Clumps. Its position is marked by a small clump of trees on its peak. Brightwell Barrow is mentioned in the Domesday Book under the entry for Brightwell-cum-Sotwell.

References

  1. ↑ Oxford, Chipping Norton and Bicester (Landranger Maps) (D1 ed.), Ordnance Survey, 2006, ISBN 978-0-319-22913-2

Coordinates: 51°37′23″N 1°10′08″W / 51.623°N 1.169°W / 51.623; -1.169

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