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Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, west of Watling Street, is a series of defensive or boundary ditches and banks situated in Middlesex. The earthworks are of Iron Age date and represent the kind of linear fortification systems characteristic of the later prehistoric period in southern Britain. Their proximity to Watling Street, the major Roman road, suggests they may relate to territorial divisions or defensive arrangements of the pre-Roman Iron Age communities in this region. The monument survives as a series of parallel linear features within the woodland landscape.
Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, W of Watling Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001996. View the official record →
Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, west of Watling Street, is a series of defensive or boundary ditches and banks situated in Middlesex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001996.
Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, W of Watling Street 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 1001996.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brockley Hill Romano-British pottery and settlement (0.4 km), 18th century obelisk commemorating Cassivellaunus, at Brockley Hill, Stanmore (0.7 km), Penne's Place moated site, Aldenham (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, W of Watling Street'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.
Linear earthworks in Pear Wood, W of Watling Street stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.