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Springfield style enclosure is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age monument complex located on Whiteley Hill in Hertfordshire. The site comprises a Springfield style enclosure alongside three bowl barrows and two pond barrows, representing a palimpsest of ritual and ceremonial activity spanning the Neolithic and Bronze Age periods. The earthwork remains are indicative of the funerary and ceremonial practices characteristic of these prehistoric communities, with the barrows testifying to sustained use of the landscape for burial purposes. The monument is scheduled for protection under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 and remains an important archaeological record of prehistoric settlement patterns in the region.
Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016617. View the official record →
Springfield style enclosure is a Neolithic or Early Bronze Age monument complex located on Whiteley Hill in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016617.
Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill 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 1016617.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, Goodfellows. (3.4 km), Bush Wood moated site and hollow-way (3.4 km), Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill'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.
Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.