Port Meadow
OxfordAn ancient grazing meadow beside the Thames, still grazed by horses and cattle, with Bronze Age barrows and wild swimming in summer.
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Stone Meadow, Oxford, OX2 6PX
Quick facts
Tradition says the meadow has not been ploughed for about 4,000 years, and it holds Bronze Age round barrows and Iron Age remains.
The Freemen of Oxford's right to graze animals there free of charge is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086, and horses and cattle still graze it.
It floods in winter and sometimes freezes for skating, and swimmers bathe in the Thames where it meets the Castle Mill Stream.
Address
Stone Meadow, Oxford, OX2 6PX
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