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'Danes Bank'

England

List entry 1005749

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1005749

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.54 hectares

Grid reference

SP 06463 60229

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Danes Bank is a scheduled ancient monument located in Warwickshire. The site represents an earthwork of medieval or possibly earlier origin, comprising a substantial linear bank. Its precise dating and original function remain subjects of archaeological interpretation, though such features in the English Midlands frequently relate to territorial boundaries, defensive works, or land management practices associated with medieval settlement patterns. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork demonstrates its archaeological significance for understanding the landscape history of the region.

'Danes Bank' is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005749. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is 'Danes Bank'?

Danes Bank is a scheduled ancient monument located in Warwickshire.

Who is responsible for protecting 'Danes Bank'?

'Danes Bank' 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 1005749.

What other scheduled monuments are near 'Danes Bank'?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cookshill Nunnery (3.1 km), Alcester Abbey (3.4 km), Roman town (4 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

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Standing cross in St Mary's churchyard

Moated site 150m north east of Inkberrow Church

5.5 km

Churchyard cross in St Milburga's churchyard

5.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under 'Danes Bank'

'Danes Bank' stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around 'Danes Bank'

AlcesterRoman town · ~2.3 miles DroitwichRoman town · ~10.6 miles Battle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~9.6 miles Battle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Bridge 1642Battle (1651) · ~13.2 miles Battle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~20.7 miles Battle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~21.2 miles

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