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Roman Site 440 yards east of Backlane Wood is a scheduled monument in Hertfordshire, located at grid reference TL 28389 17771. The site occupies 3.48 hectares and is protected by Historic England under reference 1005255. The monument lies on the White Chalk Subgroup, a Maastrichtian chalk bedrock that forms the underlying geology of the area, lending the site distinctive landscape characteristics typical of the chalk uplands of Hertfordshire.
The Roman occupation of this location reflects the importance of the chalk country during the Roman period in Britain. Sites in this region often exploited the underlying geology for resources and benefited from the natural drainage properties of chalk. The scheduled monument status recognises the archaeological potential of the site and the likelihood of substantial surviving deposits beneath the modern landscape.
The protection of this 3.48-hectare area ensures that future archaeological investigation can be undertaken under controlled conditions, allowing for the systematic study of Roman activity in Hertfordshire. The designation reflects the site's significance as a record of Romano-British settlement and resource use in the region during the imperial period.
Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005255. View the official record →
Roman Site 440 yards east of Backlane Wood is a scheduled monument in Hertfordshire, located at grid reference TL 28389 17771.
Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood 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 1005255.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated enclosures, Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-At-Stone (1.1 km), Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove (2.7 km), Lockleys Roman villa (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood'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.
Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.