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Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Hertfordshire. The site comprises a series of ring ditches and associated enclosure features that represent settlement and ceremonial activity spanning the Neolithic period through to the Bronze Age. These earthwork remains, visible as cropmarks and archaeological features, provide evidence of prehistoric land use and social organisation in the region. The monument is significant for understanding early agricultural settlement patterns and the development of enclosed spaces for domestic and possibly ritual purposes during the later prehistoric period.
Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003549. View the official record →
Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End is a Neolithic and Bronze Age monument complex located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003549.
Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End 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 1003549.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hankins Moated Site, Roe Green (4.6 km), 'The Mount' (5 km), Romano-British small town and Late Iron Age settlement at Baldock (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End'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.
Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.