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Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church

England
List entry 1002989
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1002989
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.1 hectares
Grid reference
SP 26478 61421
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains located approximately 200 yards north-east of Sherbourne Church in Warwickshire. The site consists of a series of ditched enclosures visible as surface features within the parkland setting. The earthworks are interpreted as medieval or post-medieval in date, representing agricultural or manorial land organisation associated with the historic settlement pattern of the locality. The monument's survival within parkland has preserved these landscape features as evidence of former land use and territorial arrangement in the vicinity of Sherbourne.

Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002989. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church?

Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains located approximately 200 yards north-east of Sherbourne Church in Warwickshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church?

Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of 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 1002989.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosures and 'drove road' 100yds (90m) S of Manor House Farm (2.7 km), Thelsford priory (3.1 km), Site of building and enclosure 500yds (460m) E of Hatton Rock Farm (4.5 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Enclosures and 'drove road' 100yds (90m) S of Manor House Farm
2.7 km
Thelsford priory
3.1 km
Site of building and enclosure 500yds (460m) E of Hatton Rock Farm
4.5 km
Settlement site E of Hatton Rock Farm
4.8 km
Cursus and bowl barrow 450m south east of Jackson's Barn
4.9 km
Enclosure N of Old Pasture Farm
4.9 km
Charlecote Bridge
5.1 km
Enclosures 600yds (550m) E of King's Mead
5.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church

Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Enclosures in park of Sherbourne House, 200yds (180m) NE of church

AlcesterRoman town · ~11.1 milesWhilton LodgeRoman town · ~21.6 milesMancetterRoman town · ~22.4 milesDroitwichRoman town · ~22.8 milesBattle of Edgehill 1642Battle (1642) · ~9.4 milesBattle of Cropredy Bridge 1644Battle (1644) · ~16.2 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~17.1 milesBattle of Edgcote 1469Battle (1469) · ~17.7 miles
Domesday entry for Sherbourne, Warwickshire →
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