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Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane

England
List entry 1017473
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017473
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.28 hectares
Grid reference
TL 36657 20857
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane is a surviving stretch of Roman road infrastructure located in Hertfordshire. The road dates to the Roman period of occupation in Britain, representing the network of engineered highways that connected settlements and military installations across the province. The site preserves evidence of Roman road construction techniques, including the characteristic layered structure typical of Roman engineering. Such roads were essential to the administration and economic functioning of Roman Britain, facilitating trade, military movement, and official communication across the landscape.

Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017473. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane?

Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane is a surviving stretch of Roman road infrastructure located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017473.

Who is responsible for protecting Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane?

Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane 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 1017473.

What other scheduled monuments are near Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thundridgebury moated enclosure and associated remains of Thundridgebury House, St Mary and All Saints' Church and graveyard, Thundridge (3.5 km), Morley Ponds moated site, Ware (5.8 km), Barrow Hill: a motte castle 250m south of Barrow Farm (6.4 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Thundridgebury moated enclosure and associated remains of Thundridgebury House, St Mary and All Saints' Church and graveyard, Thundridge
3.5 km
Morley Ponds moated site, Ware
5.8 km
Barrow Hill: a motte castle 250m south of Barrow Farm
6.4 km
Ware Friary
6.6 km
Section of Ermine Street, N of Hertford Branch Railway
6.9 km
Bowl barrow in Easneye Wood, 110m south-east of Dairy Farm
7.3 km
Bowl barrow near Gallows Plain
8 km
Hunsdon World War II airfield defences
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane

Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Section of Roman road in Rigery Lane

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~16.2 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~16.7 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~24.3 milesLondonRoman town · ~24.8 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~16.4 miles
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