© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Earthwork in Holt Wood is a scheduled monument of archaeological significance situated in Surrey, England. The site occupies 3.39 hectares and is protected by Historic England under reference number 1005935. The earthwork sits upon the White Chalk Subgroup bedrock, chalk deposits laid down during the Maastrichtian age, which shapes the local geology and landscape character of this part of Surrey.
The monument's precise form and archaeological sequence are legible within the woodland setting, where the underlying chalk geology influences both the preservation and visibility of the earthwork's features. The scheduled designation recognises the site's importance to understanding the archaeological heritage of the region and reflects the protection afforded to monuments of this class during the medieval and post-medieval periods, when such earthworks commonly served defensive, administrative or settlement functions across southern England.
The location at grid reference TQ 38089 59238 places the earthwork within established archaeological terrain. Its survival within Holt Wood has preserved the monument from many of the disturbances that affect such sites in open countryside, allowing the earthwork's banks and ditches to remain substantially intact beneath the woodland canopy where conditions favour the retention of archaeological evidence.
Earthwork in Holt Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005935. View the official record →
Earthwork in Holt Wood is a scheduled monument of archaeological significance situated in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005935.
Earthwork in Holt Wood 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 1005935.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Mount, Barrow Green (6.5 km), Fosterdown or Pilgrim Fort: a London mobilisation centre (6.9 km), Medieval moated site with associated fishponds, Flower Lane (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork in Holt Wood'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 in Holt Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.