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Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood

England
List entry 1014392
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014392
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.24 hectares
Grid reference
SD 46651 08440
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood is a scheduled ancient monument located in Lancashire, England. The site comprises a series of earthworks whose precise dating and original function remain matters of archaeological study. The physical remains consist of banks and ditches visible within the woodland landscape, characteristic of medieval or post-medieval land management features. The monument's designation reflects its archaeological interest as a component of Lancashire's heritage landscape, though detailed specialist investigation would be required to establish its chronological phase and specific historical context with certainty.

Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014392. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood?

Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood is a scheduled ancient monument located in Lancashire, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood?

Earthworks in Spa Roughs 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 1014392.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Fort and sections of Roman Roads (3 km), Burscough Augustinian Priory (3.6 km), Cross Hall moated site (3.9 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthworks in Spa Roughs 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood

Earthworks in Spa Roughs Wood stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.