Kencot is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Kencot

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

Kencot's best nearby ancient sites can be found at The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.

Cities to visit near Kencot include Oxford.

There are a number of shopping centres near to Kencot including Westgate Oxford.

The area close to Kencot boasts some of the best towns including Banbury.

There are a several good historic buildings in the area around Kencot like Upton House.

Kencot History

There are some historic monuments around Kencot:

• Wyke monastic grange and section of 18th century turnpike road, 780m south of Tudor Farm
• Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm
• Ring ditches
• Settlement 700m NE of Lechlade
• Medieval settlement remains at Inglesham
• Ring ditches and enclosures
• Radcot Bridge
• Long mortuary enclosure and associated barrow 120m south of Rushey Weir
• Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
• Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
• Two Highworth circles 600m south east of North Leaze Farm
• St John's Hospital
• Interrupted ditch system
• Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
• Three Highworth circles 600m east of North Leaze Farm
• Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
• The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Michael and St Martin's churchyard, Eastleach Martin
• Churchyard cross, 10m south east of St John the Baptist's Church
• Romano-British villa south east of Great Barrington
• Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
• Settlement site
• Causewayed enclosure and associated features on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately west of Rushey Weir
• Halfpenny Bridge
• Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm
• Badbury camp
• Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington
• Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
• Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
• Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
• Round barrow 750m north east of Eastleachdowns Farm
• Earthwork in Ewedown Copse
• Multi-period settlement, cemetery, and ceremonial complex W of Lechlade
• Highworth circle 470m north east of North Leaze Farm
• Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
• Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton
• Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
• Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
• Roman villa 600yds (550m) NE of Great Lemhill Farm
• Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate
• Enclosures and trackways
• Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
• Tithe barn
• Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
• Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm
• Burroway enclosure
• Four Highworth circles east of North Leaze Farm
• Highworth circle 520m north west of North Leaze Farm
• Trackways 500yds (460m) E of St George's Church
• The socket stone and step of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Eastleach Turville
• Enclosures 1500m SE of Little Faringdon