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Earthworks

England
List entry 1003647
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003647
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.55 hectares
Grid reference
SP 63229 56672
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

I do not have reliable established information in the scholarly record concerning a specific monument called "Earthworks" in Northamptonshire with the designation reference NHLE 1003647. Without access to verified details about this particular site's period, physical characteristics, and historical significance, I cannot provide the factual description you require. To obtain accurate information about this heritage asset, I would recommend consulting the National Heritage List for England entry directly, or contacting Northamptonshire's archaeological or conservation services, who hold authoritative records on locally designated monuments.

Earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003647. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Earthworks?

I do not have reliable established information in the scholarly record concerning a specific monument called "Earthworks" in Northamptonshire with the designation reference NHLE 1003647.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks?

Earthworks 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 1003647.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Univallate hillfort 250m south and a bowl barrow 300m south east of Castle Dykes Farm (1.3 km), Castle Dykes motte and bailey castle (1.4 km), Windmill Pool moated site and associated water control features (3 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Earthworks

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthworks'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

Univallate hillfort 250m south and a bowl barrow 300m south east of Castle Dykes Farm
1.3 km
Castle Dykes motte and bailey castle
1.4 km
Windmill Pool moated site and associated water control features
3 km
Everdon Bridge
3.3 km
Preston Capes motte and bailey castle
5.8 km
'Burnt Walls' earthworks
6.5 km
Site of the medieval settlement of Kirby
7.1 km
Borough Hill: two Iron Age hillforts and a defended enclosure, two Bronze Age barrows, a Roman building complex and barrow cemetery
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthworks

Earthworks stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Earthworks

Whilton LodgeRoman town · ~5.1 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~6.2 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~18.7 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~22.9 milesBattle of Northampton (1460)Battle (1460) · ~8.2 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~9.5 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~11.3 milesBattle of Naseby 1645Battle (1645) · ~14.7 miles
Domesday entry for Stowe, Northamptonshire →
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