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First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a system of practice trenches constructed during the First World War. Located in Hertfordshire, the site represents the military infrastructure used for training soldiers in trench warfare techniques before deployment to the Western Front. The earthworks survive as a series of parallel linear features and associated dugouts that demonstrate the practical instruction methods employed by the British Army during the war years of 1914–1918. Such training sites were established across the British Isles to prepare troops in the realistic conditions of trench combat without the dangers of active service.
First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1489045. View the official record →
First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a system of practice trenches constructed during the First World War.
First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club 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 1489045.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Berkhamsted motte and bailey castle (0.3 km), Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill (2.3 km), Marlin Chapel Farm moated site (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.