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Earthworks near St Giles' Church

England
List entry 1005954
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005954
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.54 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 19219 58119
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthworks near St Giles' Church is a scheduled ancient monument comprising defensive or boundary earthworks located in Surrey. The site consists of substantial banks and ditches whose original purpose and precise dating remain subjects of archaeological study, though their form suggests medieval construction or reuse. The earthworks may represent remnants of a fortified enclosure, manorial boundary, or settlement-related defensive features associated with the vicinity of the church. Their survival in the modern landscape provides valuable evidence for understanding the medieval organisation and topography of the locality.

Earthworks near St Giles' Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005954. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthworks near St Giles' Church?

Earthworks near St Giles' Church is a scheduled ancient monument comprising defensive or boundary earthworks located in Surrey.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthworks near St Giles' Church?

Earthworks near St Giles' Church 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 1005954.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthworks near St Giles' Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Betchworth Castle (8 km), Two bowl barrows 70m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (8.8 km), Bowl barrow 130m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (8.9 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.
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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

Betchworth Castle
8 km
Two bowl barrows 70m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery
8.8 km
Bowl barrow 130m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 200m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery
9 km
Bowl barrow 70m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery
9.1 km
Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery
9.1 km
Bowl barrow 20m south of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery
9.2 km
Medieval undercroft between West Street and Slipshoe Street, Reigate
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthworks near St Giles' Church

Earthworks near St Giles' Church stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Earthworks near St Giles' Church

LondonRoman town · ~16.5 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~24.6 miles
Domesday entry for Ashtead, Surrey →
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