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Stane Street

England

List entry 1003798

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1003798

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

4.36 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 19270 56347, TQ 18937 55739, TQ 18702 55304, TQ 18499 54904, TQ 18213 54370

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Stane Street is a Roman road running between Londinium (London) and Noviomagus (Chichester), constructed during the first century AD following the Roman conquest of Britain. The road extends approximately fifty miles across Surrey and West Sussex, representing one of the most significant surviving examples of Roman road engineering in southern England. Its physical remains are visible in places as a raised causeway, whilst sections have been incorporated into modern routeways, and archaeological investigation has confirmed its metalled construction typical of Roman military roads. The route served as a crucial artery for military communication and trade between the provincial capital and the port settlement on the Sussex coast.

Stane Street is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003798. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Stane Street?

Stane Street is a Roman road running between Londinium (London) and Noviomagus (Chichester), constructed during the first century AD following the Roman conquest of Britain. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003798.

Who is responsible for protecting Stane Street?

Stane 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 1003798.

What other scheduled monuments are near Stane Street?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Betchworth Castle (6.3 km), Bowl barrow 130m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 200m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (7.5 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

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Betchworth Castle

6.3 km

Bowl barrow 130m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

7.4 km

Bowl barrow 200m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

7.5 km

Bowl barrow 70m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

7.6 km

Bowl barrow west of Flanchford Road: part of the Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

7.6 km

Bowl barrow 20m south of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery

7.7 km

Bowl barrow in The Glory Wood

8.1 km

Medieval undercroft between West Street and Slipshoe Street, Reigate

8.3 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Stane Street

Stane Street stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Stane Street

LondonRoman town · ~17.5 miles

Domesday entry for Ashtead, Surrey →

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