What is recorded here

Leafield Barrow is a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church, marked as a scheduled monument in West Oxfordshire. Its earthwork still rises beside the church, a buried reminder that power once gathered in this quiet village. The barrow may have watched over fields, roads or prayers, though no name or date survives in the facts given. It remains a place to wonder about, not a room to enter without permission.

The National Heritage List for England records Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Leafield Barrow is a motte castle dating to the late 11th or early 12th century, likely built by a local Norman lord following the Norman Conquest. It is important as a scheduled monument, illustrating the widespread establishment of defensive and administrative sites across England during the medieval period.

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