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Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm

England
List entry 1016777
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016777
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.12 hectares
Grid reference
SK 70271 40351
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm is a Neolithic monument located in Nottinghamshire. The site represents one of the henges identified within the county and dates to the Neolithic period, reflecting the ritual and ceremonial practices of early farming communities in the English Midlands. As a henge, the monument would have originally consisted of a circular bank and ditch structure, typical of the ritual monuments constructed across Britain during this era. The site's survival and identification have contributed to archaeological understanding of Neolithic settlement patterns and ceremonial activity in the region.

Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016777. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm?

Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm is a Neolithic monument located in Nottinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016777.

Who is responsible for protecting Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm?

Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm 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 1016777.

What other scheduled monuments are near Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School (1.1 km), Margidunum Roman Station (1.2 km), Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds (2.6 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School
1.1 km
Margidunum Roman Station
1.2 km
Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds
2.6 km
Moated site and fishponds 225m north of Wiverton Hall
3.9 km
Moat, two fishponds, boundary bank and ditch and two leats
4 km
Cranmer's Mound: motte castle, prospect mound, moated fishponds, enclosure, hollow way and ridge and furrow
4.2 km
Civil War gun battery and covered way immediately south east of Wiverton Hall
4.2 km
Civil War gun battery 50m south west of St Peters and St Paul's Church
4.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm

Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm

ThorpeRoman town · ~7.1 milesAncasterRoman town · ~17.5 milesBattle of Stoke (Field) 1487Battle (1487) · ~5.9 miles
Domesday entry for Bingham, Nottinghamshire →
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