Alvescot is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Alvescot

There are great places to visit near Alvescot including some great ancient sites, cities, shopping centres, towns and historic buildings.

The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men are some of Alvescot best ancient sites to visit near Alvescot.

The area close to Alvescot boasts some of the best cities including Oxford.

Alvescot is near some unmissable shopping centres like Westgate Oxford,

Alvescot is near some unmissable towns like Banbury,

Don't miss Upton House's historic buildings if visiting the area around Alvescot.

Alvescot History

There are some historic monuments around Alvescot:

• Badbury camp
• Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm
• Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
• Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
• Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate
• Radcot Bridge
• St John's Hospital
• Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
• Tithe barn
• Romano-British villa south east of Great Barrington
• Medieval settlement remains at Inglesham
• Settlement site
• Wyke monastic grange and section of 18th century turnpike road, 780m south of Tudor Farm
• Ring ditches and enclosures
• Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
• Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton
• Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm
• Causewayed enclosure and associated features on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately west of Rushey Weir
• Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
• Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
• Churchyard cross, 10m south east of St John the Baptist's Church
• Lew village cross
• Long mortuary enclosure and associated barrow 120m south of Rushey Weir
• Ring ditches
• Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
• Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington
• Minster Lovell Hall
• Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
• Earthwork in Ewedown Copse
• Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
• Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
• Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
• Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
• Burroway enclosure
• Enclosures and trackways
• Interrupted ditch system
• Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
• Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
• Trackways 500yds (460m) E of St George's Church
• Enclosures 1500m SE of Little Faringdon
• Settlement 700m NE of Lechlade
• Roman villa 600yds (550m) NE of Great Lemhill Farm
• Halfpenny Bridge
• Multi-period settlement, cemetery, and ceremonial complex W of Lechlade