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Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton is a Late Bronze Age enclosure situated in Surrey. The monument comprises a roughly circular or oval earthwork consisting of a ditch with an internal or external bank, representing a form of settlement or defensive structure characteristic of the Later Bronze Age period in southern England. Such enclosures from this era typically served domestic, communal, or ritual purposes, though the specific function of this example remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The site's survival and identification have contributed to understanding Bronze Age settlement patterns in the wider Surrey landscape.
Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003313. View the official record →
Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton is a Late Bronze Age enclosure situated in Surrey. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003313.
Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton 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 1003313.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Regular aggregate field system, associated trackway and Anglo-Saxon barrow field on Farthing Downs, 490m east of Hooley Farm (5 km), Site of manor house in Netherne Wood (6.5 km), Spigot Mortar Emplacement at RAF Kenley (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Late Bronze Age enclosure at Queen Mary's Hospital, Carshalton stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.