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Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park is a scheduled ancient monument of uncertain date and function located within the grounds of Blenheim Palace near Woodstock in Oxfordshire. The earthwork consists of a linear or irregular bank and ditch system whose archaeological character suggests origins in the medieval or early post-medieval period, though definitive dating has not been firmly established. The monument lies within a landscape of considerable historical complexity, as Blenheim Park itself underwent significant redesign during the eighteenth century under the direction of Capability Brown and others, which may have modified or preserved earlier field systems and boundaries. The earthwork remains of archaeological interest as evidence of the pre-eighteenth-century land use and settlement patterns within what is now the parkland estate.
Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009417. View the official record →
Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park is a scheduled ancient monument of uncertain date and function located within the grounds of Blenheim Palace near Woodstock in Oxfordshire.
Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim 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 1009417.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring ditch near Long Hanborough (1.7 km), Bladon camp: a hillfort on Bladon Heath (3.3 km), North Leigh Roman villa 300m NNE of Upper Riding Farm (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park'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.
Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.