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Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.

England

List entry 1009287

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1009287

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.89 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 63913 81512

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street, is a complex of prehistoric earthworks located in Essex. The monument comprises Iron Age enclosures characteristic of the Springfield style, a distinctive settlement form identified in the Essex archaeological record and typically dating to the later Iron Age period. The earthworks consist of ditched enclosures that would have functioned as domestic or agricultural compounds, reflecting the settlement patterns and land management practices of Iron Age communities in this region. Such enclosures are significant for understanding the development of settlement hierarchies and subsistence strategies in Essex during the pre-Roman Iron Age.

Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009287. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.?

Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street, is a complex of prehistoric earthworks located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009287.

Who is responsible for protecting Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.?

Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street. 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 1009287.

What other scheduled monuments are near Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm (5.8 km), Tilbury Fort (6.1 km), Aspdin's kiln (7 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.

Spotlight

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Second World War anti-aircraft battery at Bowaters Farm

Coalhouse Fort battery and artillery defences

7.1 km

Gravesend blockhouse

7.2 km

New Tavern Fort, Gravesend, including Milton Chantry

7.3 km

Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole

7.9 km

Neolithic sites near Ebbsfleet

8.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.

Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street. stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Springfield style enclosure and Iron Age enclosures south of Hill House, Baker Street.

RochesterRoman town · ~10.2 miles LondonRoman town · ~19.4 miles Battle of Maldon 991Battle (991) · ~20.6 miles

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