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Earthwork in Milbay's Wood

England

List entry 1005168

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1005168

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

3.04 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 67222 50719

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Earthwork in Milbay's Wood is a scheduled ancient monument located in Kent. The site comprises an earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date, representing settlement or defensive activity from this period of southern English prehistory and early history. The earthwork survives as an upstanding archaeological feature within woodland, preserving evidence of ancient land use and construction practices from the later prehistoric to Roman transition period.

Earthwork in Milbay's Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005168. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthwork in Milbay's Wood?

Earthwork in Milbay's Wood is a scheduled ancient monument located in Kent.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthwork in Milbay's Wood?

Earthwork in Milbay's 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 1005168.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthwork in Milbay's Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twyford Bridge in Yalding parish (2.1 km), Yalding Bridge (2.7 km), Laddingford Bridge near Yalding (2.7 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

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Timeline

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Twyford Bridge in Yalding parish

2.1 km

Yalding Bridge

2.7 km

Laddingford Bridge near Yalding

2.7 km

Preceptory at Dukes Place

3 km

Teston Bridge, over the Medway

4.4 km

World War II Bofors Anti-aircraft gun tower, Pickett-Hamilton fort and pillbox: part of the airfield defences of RAF West Malling fighter station

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthwork in Milbay's Wood

Earthwork in Milbay's Wood stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Earthwork in Milbay's Wood

RochesterRoman town · ~11.9 miles Battle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~22.5 miles

Domesday entry for Stokenbury, Kent →

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