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Earthworks in Boro' Wood

England
List entry 1002611
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002611
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.06 hectares
Grid reference
SX 74869 71598
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthworks in Boro' Wood is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon. The site comprises linear earthworks and associated features of prehistoric origin, likely dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period. The earthworks consist of banks and ditches that may represent field systems, territorial boundaries, or defensive structures characteristic of their era. Such monuments provide valuable evidence of land use and settlement patterns in south-west England during the prehistoric period.

Earthworks in Boro' Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002611. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Earthworks in Boro' Wood?

Earthworks in Boro' Wood is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks in Boro' Wood?

Earthworks in Boro' 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 1002611.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks in Boro' Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote 100m north of Pridhamsleigh (3.8 km), Hembury Castle (3.9 km), The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey (4.3 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Earthworks in Boro' Wood

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

Dovecote 100m north of Pridhamsleigh
3.8 km
Hembury Castle
3.9 km
The North Gate and part of the precinct area of Buckfast Abbey
4.3 km
Chapel E of parish church
5.1 km
Hawson Cross
5.1 km
Hilltop enclosures in North Wood, 780m NNW of Old Parsonage Farm
9 km
Enclosure SE of Dockwell Hole
9.1 km
Enclosure WSW of Dockwell Hole
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthworks in Boro' Wood

Earthworks in Boro' Wood stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Earthworks in Boro' Wood

ExeterRoman town · ~16.8 miles
Domesday entry for Buckland, Devon →
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