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Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen

England
List entry 1009993
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009993
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.87 hectares
Grid reference
TL 41158 83267
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen is a Neolithic enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. The site comprises a substantial ditched enclosure from the Neolithic period, evidenced by archaeological survey and excavation data recorded in the county's heritage records. The monument represents settlement or ceremonial activity during the early prehistoric occupation of the Fenland landscape, a region that saw significant human activity before later inundation by water and peat accumulation. The physical remains survive as soil and cropmark evidence, with the enclosure ditch system forming the principal archaeological feature of archaeological interest at this location.

Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009993. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen?

Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen is a Neolithic enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009993.

Who is responsible for protecting Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen?

Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen 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 1009993.

What other scheduled monuments are near Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 690m SSW of Stocking Drove Farm (2.4 km), Long barrow at South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches Drove (5.9 km), Long barrow at South Fen, 90m south west of the west end of Rymanmoor Long Turning (6.2 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.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 690m SSW of Stocking Drove Farm
2.4 km
Long barrow at South Fen, 180m south east of Between Ditches Drove
5.9 km
Long barrow at South Fen, 90m south west of the west end of Rymanmoor Long Turning
6.2 km
Oval barrow and round barrow at Small Fen, 250m north of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove
6.5 km
Long barrow at Foulmire Fen, 140m north west of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove
6.7 km
Round barrow at Small Fen, 220m east of the junction of Back and Small Fen Drove
6.7 km
Medieval magnate's moated residence (the Bishop of Ely's Palace) with fishponds and a later moated site, south of Somersham
7.7 km
Moated site 90m north west of Moat House
8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen

Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Neolithic enclosures at Grey's Farm, Horseley Fen

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~13 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~14.5 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~15.1 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~19.8 miles
Domesday entry for Chatteris, Cambridgeshire →
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