Scheduled MonumentsEnglandAnglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill

Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill

England
List entry 1013515
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013515
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.7 hectares
Grid reference
TL 86917 19074
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill is a burial ground of early medieval date located in Essex. The site represents evidence of Anglo-Saxon settlement and mortuary practice in the region during the early medieval period. The cemetery's archaeological significance lies in its potential to illuminate patterns of burial, material culture, and community organisation during this formative phase of English history. As a designated heritage monument, the site remains an important resource for understanding the Anglo-Saxon occupation and use of the Essex landscape.

Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013515. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill?

The Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill is a burial ground of early medieval date located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013515.

Who is responsible for protecting Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill?

Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1013515.

What other scheduled monuments are near Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long mortuary enclosure and round barrow 160m south west of Frame Farm (1.5 km), Bowl barrow in Conyfield Wood, 570m NNE of Messing Park Farm (2.8 km), Neolithic long mortuary enclosure at Appleford Farm, Rivenhall End (3.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
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Literature
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill

Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Anglo-Saxon cemetery 150m east of Easterford Mill

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