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Earthwork at Wards Coombe

England
List entry 1006920
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006920
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.62 hectares
Grid reference
SP 97051 15741
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthwork at Wards Coombe is a scheduled ancient monument located in Buckinghamshire. The site comprises an earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date, reflecting the complex settlement patterns of the late prehistoric and early Roman periods in the region. The monument's physical remains survive as an archaeological feature of landscape significance, contributing to the understanding of ancient land use and territorial organisation in this part of southern England.

Earthwork at Wards Coombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006920. View the official record →

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What is Earthwork at Wards Coombe?

Earthwork at Wards Coombe is a scheduled ancient monument located in Buckinghamshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthwork at Wards Coombe?

Earthwork at Wards Coombe 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 1006920.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthwork at Wards Coombe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 990m long section between Crawley's Lane and Rossway Lane (6.8 km), Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 230m long section in Hamberlins Wood (7 km), Site of Roman building, N of Berkhamsted Castle (7.4 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Earthwork at Wards Coombe

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork at Wards Coombe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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

Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 990m long section between Crawley's Lane and Rossway Lane
6.8 km
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 230m long section in Hamberlins Wood
7 km
Site of Roman building, N of Berkhamsted Castle
7.4 km
First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club
7.6 km
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill
7.6 km
Sections of Grims Ditch
7.8 km
Berkhamsted motte and bailey castle
7.9 km
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 1150m long section between Shire Lane and Kiln Road
8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthwork at Wards Coombe

Earthwork at Wards Coombe stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Earthwork at Wards Coombe

St AlbansRoman town · ~11.4 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~24.8 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~20.6 miles
Domesday entry for Pitstone, Buckinghamshire →
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