Family outing to Wayland Smithy. Credit Mary Tebje
Wayland Smithy credit Ridgeway Partnership

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Wayland's Smithy is an atmospheric historic site about a mile's walk along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse. A Neolithic chambered long barrow, it was once believed to have been the home of Wayland, the Saxon god of metal working.

Human remains found on the site indicate that 14 people were interred in an earlier burial structure between 3590 and 3550 BC. Between 3460 and 3400 BC a second far larger barrow was constructed on top. It is the ruins of this that can be explored by visitors to the site today.

The site is managed by the National Trust and owned by English Heritage.

Find out more about Wayland's Smithy through the Ridgeway Top 50 Wayland's Smithy, Famous Writers, Druids and Paganism, Sarsen Stones, Horses, Famous Archaeologists, Pubs, Barrows and Bumps and more.

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Phone
01793 762209
Website
http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/waylands-smithy/
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Recommended parking is the same as for White Horse Hill near Uffington, Oxfordshire. The White Horse Hill National Trust car park is at SN7 7QJ.