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Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field

England
List entry 1006962
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006962
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
10.02 hectares
Grid reference
SU 76577 75937
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field is a prehistoric monument complex in Berkshire, evidenced primarily through crop mark archaeology. The site exhibits features characteristic of Neolithic and Bronze Age activity, including evidence of settlement and ritual structures visible in aerial photography. The complex demonstrates the landscape's occupation and use during the later prehistoric period, with the cropmark evidence indicating ditches, enclosures, and associated archaeological features that would otherwise remain obscured at ground level. This monument exemplifies the value of aerial archaeology in revealing the hidden prehistoric heritage of the Berkshire landscape.

Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006962. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field?

Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field is a prehistoric monument complex in Berkshire, evidenced primarily through crop mark archaeology. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006962.

Who is responsible for protecting Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field?

Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field 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 1006962.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cropmark site E of Broadmoor Lane (0.3 km), Cropmark complex S of Charvil Lane (0.4 km), Cropmark complex SW of St Patrick's Avenue (0.6 km).

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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cropmark site E of Broadmoor Lane
0.3 km
Cropmark complex S of Charvil Lane
0.4 km
Cropmark complex SW of St Patrick's Avenue
0.6 km
Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm
0.8 km
Ring ditch cropmark E of St Patrick's Avenue
1 km
Cropmark enclosure and pits NE of St Patrick's Avenue
1 km
Moated site and fishpond at Botany Bay Copse
4.1 km
Reading Abbey: a Cluniac and Benedictine monastery and Civil War earthwork.
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field

Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Cropmark complex in Straighthanger Field

SilchesterRoman town · ~11.4 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~16.3 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.5 miles
Domesday entry for Sonning, Berkshire →
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