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Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park

England
List entry 1011225
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011225
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.38 hectares
Grid reference
SP 35699 18296
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park is a seventeenth-century military earthwork dating from the English Civil War period. The site represents field fortification works constructed to support artillery operations during the conflict between Parliamentarian and Royalist forces. The earthwork survives as an archaeological monument within the landscape of Cornbury Park in Oxfordshire, preserving evidence of the military engineering and strategic positioning employed during the Civil War campaigns in the region.

Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011225. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park?

Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park is a seventeenth-century military earthwork dating from the English Civil War period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011225.

Who is responsible for protecting Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park?

Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park 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 1011225.

What other scheduled monuments are near Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood (4.5 km), North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm (4.9 km), Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church (5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pair of bowl barrows immediately south of Blindwell Wood
4.5 km
North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm
4.9 km
Leafield Barrow: a motte castle 220m north west of St Michael and All Angels Church
5 km
Earthwork at Lowbarrow Farm
6.1 km
Section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch west of Common Farm
6.4 km
Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood
7.4 km
Dovecote 125m north of Minster Lovell Hall
7.6 km
Minster Lovell Hall
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park

Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Civil War artillery fieldwork 370m NNW of Park Farm, Cornbury Park

AlchesterRoman town · ~13.4 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~20.2 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~22.9 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~12.4 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~19.1 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~19.2 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~20.4 miles
Domesday entry for Cornbury, Oxfordshire →
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