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Earthworks at Old Park

England

List entry 1002047

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1002047

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.17 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 32186 95681

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Earthworks at Old Park is a scheduled ancient monument located in Middlesex, England. The site comprises earthwork remains that reflect medieval or post-medieval land use and management, typical of the period's agricultural and defensive practices in the region. The physical character of the earthworks, which may include banks, ditches, or other surface features, demonstrates patterns of settlement or field management from this historical period. The monument remains an important archaeological record of Middlesex's past land division and usage practices.

Earthworks at Old Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002047. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthworks at Old Park?

Earthworks at Old Park is a scheduled ancient monument located in Middlesex, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks at Old Park?

Earthworks at Old Park 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 1002047.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks at Old Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School (1 km), Elsyng Palace (3.5 km), Flash Road aqueduct (3.7 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

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

Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School

Moated site, Camlet Moat, Moat Wood

4.2 km

Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross

6.1 km

Theobalds Palace, Waltham Cross

6.3 km

World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite at Burnt Farm Camp

6.4 km

Half Moat Manor House, moated site and associated leat, Cheshunt.

7.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthworks at Old Park

Earthworks at Old Park stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Earthworks at Old Park

LondonRoman town · ~9.1 miles St AlbansRoman town · ~13.7 miles Battle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~4.7 miles

Domesday entry for Enfield, Middlesex →

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