Asthall Barrow
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Asthall Barrow by Vieve Forward as part of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over 14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Asthall Barrow
Image: © Vieve Forward Taken: 26 Aug 2020
Asthall Barrow contained a high-status Anglo-Saxon burial excavated by George Bowles in 1923-4, who found pottery vessels, a silver drinking cup, and some possible ivory gaming pieces, most now in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asthall_barrow https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1008414
Images are licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
Image Location
Latitude
51.788811
Longitude
-1.581105