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Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm

England
List entry 1007281
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007281
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.88 hectares
Grid reference
SX 17340 94938
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm is a Romano-British settlement complex located in Cornwall. The site comprises rectangular ditched enclosures dating to the Roman period, representing a form of agricultural or domestic organisation typical of rural Romano-British communities in the Southwest. The enclosures are situated in proximity to Rosecare Villa Farm, itself a significant Roman villa site, suggesting this may represent associated settlement activity or land division contemporary with or related to villa-period occupation in the region. The remains survive as cropmark or earthwork evidence and form part of the broader archaeological landscape documenting Roman settlement patterns in Cornwall.

Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007281. View the official record →

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What is Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm?

Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm is a Romano-British settlement complex located in Cornwall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007281.

Who is responsible for protecting Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm?

Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm 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 1007281.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke (7 km), Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down (7.3 km), Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm (7.7 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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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 660m north east of Tresoke
7 km
Round barrow cemetery on Wilsey Down
7.3 km
Barrow 90m E of Trelay Farm
7.7 km
Holy Well 100m north east of St David's church
7.8 km
Cross 470m north of Lambrenny
8.1 km
Bowl barrow 200m west of Tresplatt Farm
8.7 km
Three bowl barrows, 60m and 250m south and 500m south west of Nettings Park
9 km
Three bowl barrows 130m east of Starapark Farm
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm

Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Rectangular enclosures 520m west of Rosecare Villa Farm

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~8.3 milesBattle of Braddock Down (1643)Battle (1643) · ~19.8 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 21 August 1644Battle (1644) · ~21.4 milesBattle of Lostwithiel 31 August - 1 September 1644Battle (1644) · ~24.6 miles
Domesday entry for Trefreock, Cornwall →
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