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Conduit Head, Eltham is a sixteenth-century water management structure located in Greater London. It formed part of the supply system serving Eltham Palace and represents the Tudor period's growing sophistication in delivering fresh water to major royal residences. The structure comprises a stone-built chamber designed to regulate and distribute water from a natural spring or stream source. As a surviving example of early modern hydraulic engineering, it demonstrates the practical arrangements that sustained one of the Crown's principal palaces during the reign of Henry VIII and his successors.
Conduit Head, Eltham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005550. View the official record →
Conduit Head, Eltham is a sixteenth-century water management structure located in Greater London. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005550.
Conduit Head, Eltham 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 1005550.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Eltham Palace (1.2 km), Shrewsbury Barrow, Shooters Hill (2.9 km), Scadbury Manor moated site and fishponds (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Conduit Head, Eltham's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Conduit Head, Eltham stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.