Shilton
Shilton is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.
There are great places to visit near Shilton including some great ancient sites, cities, shopping centres, towns and historic buildings.
The area around Shilton features a number of interesting ancient sites including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.
Cities to visit near Shilton include Oxford.
Westgate Oxford is one of Shilton's best, nearby shopping centres to visit in Shilton.
Don't miss Banbury's towns if visiting the area around Shilton.
Upton House is one of Shilton's best, nearby historic buildings to visit in Shilton.
Shilton History
There are some historic monuments around Shilton:
- Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
- Bowl barrow 150m east of Waterman's Lodge: one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
- Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
- Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate
- Medieval settlement remains at Inglesham
- Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
- Churchyard cross, 10m south east of St John the Baptist's Church
- Multi-period settlement, cemetery, and ceremonial complex W of Lechlade
- Waterman's Lodge bowl barrow, one of a pair of Bronze Age barrows on the western edge of Wychwood Forest
- Fifield long barrow
- Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks
- Ring ditches
- Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington
- Long mortuary enclosure and associated barrow 120m south of Rushey Weir
- Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
- Ascott Earl motte and bailey castle
- Romano-British villa south east of Great Barrington
- Long barrow 150m west of Churchill Copse in Wychwood Forest
- Minster Lovell Hall
- Causewayed enclosure and associated features on the south bank of the River Thames, immediately west of Rushey Weir
- One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m NW of High Lodge
- Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
- Trackways 500yds (460m) E of St George's Church
- Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
- Bowl barrow 400m north west of Ranger's Lodge in Cornbury Park
- Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
- Burroway enclosure
- Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
- Radcot Bridge
- Halfpenny Bridge
- One of a pair of bowl barrows 370m north-west of High Lodge
- Rectangular enclosures 1100yds (1010m) NW of Mount Owen Farm
- Settlement site
- Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm
- Enclosures and trackways
- The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Michael and St Martin's churchyard, Eastleach Martin
- Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton
- Site of 19th century pottery factory NW of Leafield
- Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
- The socket stone and step of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Eastleach Turville
- Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows situated on Maple Hill in Wychwood Forest
- Lew village cross
- Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
- Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm
- Slatepits Copse long barrow, 1km SE of High Lodge in Wychwood Forest
- Interrupted ditch system
- Ring ditches and enclosures
- Anglo-Saxon burial mound 450m north west of University Farm
- Enclosures 1500m SE of Little Faringdon
- Iron Age and Romano British settlement remains and associated features, 1km south east of Leaze Farm
- St John's Hospital
- Settlement 700m NE of Lechlade
- Idbury Camp hillfort
- Roman villa 600yds (550m) NE of Great Lemhill Farm
Places to see near Shilton
Lakes near Shilton
Canals near Shilton
Rivers near Shilton
- Thame upstream of Aylesbury
- Cuttle Brook
- Dorton, Chearsley and Waddesdon Brooks
- Stoke Brook Aylesbury
- Baldon Brook (South of Oxford)
- Holton Brook and tributaries
- Chinor Brook and Sydenham Brook
- Kingsey Cuttle Brook and tributaries at Thame
- Latchford Brook at Tetsworth
- Hardwick Brook (Source to Thame)
- Lewknor Brook
- Thame (Scotsgrove Brook to Thames)
- Scotsgrove Brook (upstream Kingsey Cuttle Brook)
- Peppershill and Shabbington Brooks
- Worminghall Brook and tributaries
- Thame (Aylesbury to Scotsgrove Brook)
- Haseley Brook
- Chalgrove Brook
- Bear Brook and Wendover Brook
- Fleet Marston Brook, Denham Brook, Pitchcott Brook west
- Berrick Stream and Lady Brook
- Wye (High Wycombe fire station to Thames)
- Sulham Brook
- Hamble Brook
- Mill Brook and Bradfords Brook system, Wallingford
- Cholsey Brook and tributaries
- Hughenden Stream
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Ewelme Stream (Source to Thames)
- Thames (Reading to Cookham)
- Wye (Source to High Wycombe fire station)
- Thames Wallingford to Caversham
- Pang
- Letcombe Brook
- Ock and tributaries (Land Brook confluence to Thames)
- Sandford Brook (source to Ock)
- Frilford and Marcham Brook
- Childrey Brook and Norbrook at Common Barn
- Ock (to Cherbury Brook)
- Childrey and Woodhill Brooks
- Stutfield Brook (source to Ock)
- Ginge Brook and Mill Brook
- Thames (Evenlode to Thame)
- Moor Ditch and Ladygrove Ditch
- Northfield Brook (Source to Thames) at Sandford
- Cow Common Brook and Portobello Ditch
- Cherwell (Bletchingdon to Ray)
- Bloxham Brook (Source to Sor Brook)
- Highfurlong Brook (to Cherwell)
- Hanwell Brook
- Tadmarton Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Upper Swere (Source to Wigginton)
- Hook Norton Brook (Source to Swere)
- Sor Brook (Broughton to Cherwell)
- Farthinghoe Stream (Source to Cherwell) and tributaries
- Swere (Wigginton to Cherwell)
- Ockley Brook and Croughton Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Ashby Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Bayswater Brook
- Deddington Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Sor Brook (Source to Broughton)
- Cherwell (Ray to Thames) and Woodeaton Brook
- Cherwell (Source to Trafford Bridge)
- Chacombe Brook (Source to Cherwell)
- Cherwell (Ashby Brook to Cropredy)
- Clayton and Wormleighton Brook, Source to Highfurlong Brook
- Cherwell (Cropredy to Nell Bridge)
- Shutford Stream (Source to Sor Brook)
- Cherwell (Nell Bridge to Bletchingdon)
- Littlestock Stream to tributary of Evenlode at Shipton
- Evenlode (Source to Four Shires S) and Longborough Stream
- Glyme (Enstone to Dorn)
- Little Compton Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Bledington to Glyme confluence)
- Glyme (Dorn confluence to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Compton Bk to Bledington Bk) and 4 Shires
- Heythorpe Stream and tributaries
- Cornwell Brook and tributaries (Source to Evenlode)
- Coldron and Taston Brooks
- Sars Brook (source to Evenlode downstream Bledington)
- Bledington Brook (Source to Evenlode)
- Evenlode (Glyme to Thames)
- Glyme (Source to Enstone)
- Westcote Brook (source to Evenlode at Bledington)
- Dorn (Source to Glyme)