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Springfield style enclosure on Whiteley Hill is a Bronze Age ceremonial and settlement complex located in Hertfordshire, comprising a ditched enclosure associated with five barrows of Neolithic and Bronze Age date. The site includes three bowl barrows and two pond barrows, representing a significant concentration of funerary monuments that reflects patterns of ritual activity and burial practice across multiple periods of prehistory. The Springfield-style enclosure itself, characterised by its distinctive ditch system, dates to the Bronze Age and represents a form of territorial or ceremonial demarcation common to Essex and surrounding regions during this period. The association of varied barrow forms with the enclosure indicates sustained use of this location as a place of burial and possibly ritual gathering across several centuries of prehistoric occupation.
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 on Whiteley Hill is a Bronze Age ceremonial and settlement complex located in Hertfordshire, comprising a ditched enclosure associated with five barrows of Neolithic and Bronze Age date. 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).
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