5 miles from Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp Parish

The remains of a large, well built Roman courtyard villa. The most important feature is a nearly complete mosaic tile floor, patterned in reds and browns.

7 miles from Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp Parish

Roofed conduit for Oxford's first water mains, constructed during the early 17th century.

9 miles from Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp Parish

Extensive earthworks marking the site of an 11th century motte and bailey castle.

10 miles from Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp 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.

12 miles from Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp 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.

14 miles from Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp Parish

Traditionally a monarch and his courtiers petrified by a witch, the Rollright Stones consist of three groups: the King's Men stone circle; the Whispering Knights burial chamber; and the single King Stone. They span nearly 2,000 years of Neolithic and Bronze Age development.