English Heritage sites near East Challow Parish
UFFINGTON CASTLE - WHITE HORSE AND DRAGON HILL
5 miles from East Challow Parish
Three atmospheric sites lie along the Ridgeway. Uffington 'Castle' is a large Iron Age hillfort, Dragon Hill a natural mound associated in legend with St George.
WAYLAND'S SMITHY
6 miles from East Challow Parish
A fine and atmospheric Neolithic chambered long barrow 2km (11/4 miles) along the Ridgeway from the Uffington White Horse: it was once believed to be the habitation of the Saxon smith-god Wayland.
ABINGDON COUNTY HALL MUSEUM
9 miles from East Challow Parish
This splendid 17th century Baroque building housed a courtroom for assizes, raised on arches over a market space. It now houses the Abingdon Museum.
NORTH HINKSEY CONDUIT HOUSE
12 miles from East Challow Parish
Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.
DONNINGTON CASTLE
14 miles from East Challow Parish
The striking twin-towered 14th-century gatehouse of this castle, later the focus of a Civil War siege and battle, survives amid impressive earthworks.
MINSTER LOVELL HALL AND DOVECOTE
14 miles from East Challow Parish
The extensive and picturesque ruins of a 15th century riverside manor house, including a fine hall, south-west tower, and complete dovecote nearby. The home of Richard III's henchman Lord Lovell.