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.

The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men are great places to visit near Kencot if you like ancient sites.

Oxford is one of Kencot's best, nearby cities to visit in Kencot.

Westgate Oxford is one of Kencot's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Kencot.

Don't miss Banbury's towns if visiting the area around Kencot.

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

Kencot History

There are some historic monuments around Kencot:

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