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King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow

England
List entry 1013184
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013184
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.37 hectares
Grid reference
SK 86517 27963
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

King Lud's Intrenchments is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located near Croft in Leicestershire. The monument consists of a barrow accompanied by associated earthwork features, the latter giving the site its distinctive name. The site represents an important example of prehistoric funerary practice in the East Midlands region, though detailed archaeological investigation of the monument has been limited. The barrow and its surrounding intrenchments survive as landscape features of archaeological significance, contributing to the understanding of Bronze Age settlement and burial patterns in Leicestershire.

King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013184. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow?

King Lud's Intrenchments is a Neolithic or Bronze Age burial mound located near Croft in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013184.

Who is responsible for protecting King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow?

King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow 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 1013184.

What other scheduled monuments are near King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval monastic grange with building platforms and dovecote at Saltby (2.1 km), Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard (3.2 km), Five barrows NW of Heath Farm (3.4 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval monastic grange with building platforms and dovecote at Saltby
2.1 km
Anglo-Scandinavian cross, St Bartholomew's churchyard
3.2 km
Five barrows NW of Heath Farm
3.4 km
Croxton Abbey and associated remains
4.3 km
Post mill at Windmill Hill
4.4 km
Bescaby shrunken medieval village
4.7 km
Saxon cross in churchyard of parish church, South Stoke
5.5 km
Tower Hill motte castle, Stainby
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow

King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around King Lud's Intrenchments and adjacent barrow

AncasterRoman town · ~12.1 milesThorpeRoman town · ~15.4 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~25 milesBattle of Stoke (Field) 1487Battle (1487) · ~15.2 miles
Domesday entry for Saltby, Leicestershire →
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