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Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove

England
List entry 1005512
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005512
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.3 hectares
Grid reference
TL 25849 17001
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in Hertfordshire. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch feature aligned across the landscape, characteristic of earthworks constructed during the Bronze Age or Iron Age periods. Such linear features typically served territorial, defensive, or boundary functions within ancient settlement patterns. The site remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric land management and social organization in the region.

Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005512. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove?

Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005512.

Who is responsible for protecting Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove?

Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove 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 1005512.

What other scheduled monuments are near Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lockleys Roman villa (2.2 km), Dicket Mead Roman villa (2.5 km), Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood (2.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Lockleys Roman villa
2.2 km
Dicket Mead Roman villa
2.5 km
Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood
2.7 km
Moated enclosures, Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-At-Stone
3.1 km
Roman barrow and Bronze Age bowl barrow in Graffridge Wood, 250m east of Wintergreen Cottages
5.7 km
Bell barrow in Graffridge Wood, 400m south east of Keepers Cottage
5.8 km
Settlement site NE of Letty Green
6.4 km
The Six Hills Roman barrows
7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove

Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove

St AlbansRoman town · ~9.8 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~22.2 milesLondonRoman town · ~22.7 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~12.2 miles
Domesday entry for Mardleybury, Hertfordshire →
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