Taynton is a Village in the county of Oxfordshire.

Retail in Taynton

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

There are a number of ancient sites near Taynton including The Rollright Stones, The King Stone, The Whispering Knights, and The Kings Men.

There are a several good cities in the area around Taynton like Oxford.

Shopping Centres to visit near Taynton include Westgate Oxford.

Taynton is near some unmissable towns like Banbury,

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

Taynton History

There are some historic monuments around Taynton:

• The Roundabout hillfort, 460m west of Barter's Hill Farm
• Round barrow 750m north east of Eastleachdowns Farm
• The socket stone and part of the shaft of a churchyard cross in St Michael and St Martin's churchyard, Eastleach Martin
• Roman villa and associated bath house 450m north west of Lower Field Farm
• Bowl barrow 120m north of Home Farm
• Settlement site and barrows
• Idbury Camp hillfort
• Icomb camp
• Iron Age settlement centring 500m SW of Black Bourton
• Iron Age fortified enclosure known as Salmonsbury Camp
• Squire's Clump Anglo-Saxon burial mound 500m south west of Iron Buildings
• Fifield long barrow
• The socket stone and step of a churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard, Eastleach Turville
• Ascott Earl motte and bailey castle
• Dean Camp hillfort
• Shrunken medieval village NW of Churchill old church
• Bibury Racecourse Celtic field system
• Site of Langley Palace royal hunting lodge, an associated enclosure and later garden earthworks at Langley Farm
• The Mount bell barrow 110m south west of Mount Farm
• Lyneham long barrow and standing stone, 480m north east of Hill Barn
• Chessels Roman site
• Settlement site
• Windrush camp
• Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks
• Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages
• Shipton Barrow: a bowl barrow, Saxon barrow, and associated earthwork enclosure 350m north of Downs Lodge
• Medieval settlement of Widford immediately east of Manor Farm
• Two bowl barrows, known as Heath Hill round barrows, 70m and 190m north east of Heath Hill
• Wyck Beacon bowl barrow
• Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain
• Five bowl barrows 870m north west of Eastleachdowns Farm
• Ring ditches and enclosures
• Moated site at Manor Farm
• New Bridge over River Windrush
• Causewayed enclosure and settlement enclosures immediately north west of Shire Gate
• Barrington Park Roman villa, Great Barrington
• Lad Barrow long barrow
• Asthall Barrow: an Anglo-Saxon burial mound 100m SSW of Barrow Farm
• Long barrow situated in Southlawn Plain Woods
• Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
• Romano-British villa south east of Great Barrington