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Earthwork near Horseshoe Plantation, Stamer is a scheduled monument of regional importance situated in Sussex, England. The monument occupies a scheduled area of 0.13 hectares and is protected by Historic England under reference 1005567. Its location at grid reference TQ 35026 11939 places it within the Sussex Weald, where the underlying bedrock consists of White Chalk Subgroup, a soft sedimentary limestone of Maastrichtian age formed during the Late Cretaceous period.
The earthwork's precise form and date of construction are characteristic of defensive or settlement features common to medieval or post-medieval Sussex. The chalk geology beneath the site would have made the ground suitable for the construction of banks and ditches, which typically define earthworks of this period. The monument's proximity to Horseshoe Plantation, a former agricultural settlement, suggests it may relate to the organisation of early medieval land use or later manorial activity in this part of Sussex.
The earthwork remains a valuable archaeological record of human settlement and land management practices in the Weald. Its scheduled status reflects its significance as a surviving landscape feature that contributes to understanding the region's medieval heritage and territorial organisation.
Earthwork near Horseshoe Plantation, Stamer is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005567. View the official record →
Earthwork near Horseshoe Plantation, Stamer is a scheduled monument of regional importance situated in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005567.
Earthwork near Horseshoe Plantation, Stamer 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 1005567.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow south of Newmarket Bottom (5.6 km), A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle (6.9 km), Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure (7.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork near Horseshoe Plantation, Stamer's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Earthwork near Horseshoe Plantation, Stamer stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.