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The March Sconce is a Civil War fieldwork situated approximately 250 metres south-west of Eastwood Burial Ground in Cambridgeshire. Constructed during the English Civil War period, likely in the 1640s, the sconce represents one of the defensive earthworks built to protect Parliamentary-held territories against Royalist incursions. The monument survives as an irregular polygonal earthwork comprising banks and ditches, characteristic of the hastily constructed field fortifications that proliferated across England during the conflict. Such sconces functioned as small, self-contained defensive positions typically garrisoned by a modest military force to control key routes and settlements.
The March Sconce: a Civil War fieldwork, 250m south west of Eastwood Burial Ground is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015200. View the official record →
The March Sconce is a Civil War fieldwork situated approximately 250 metres south-west of Eastwood Burial Ground in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015200.
The March Sconce: a Civil War fieldwork, 250m south west of Eastwood Burial Ground 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 1015200.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow and Romano-British enclosure 430m south west of Earls Fen Farm (3.6 km), Stonea Camp: a multivallate hillfort at Latches Fen (3.8 km), Bowl barrow 700m NNW of Bridge Farm (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The March Sconce: a Civil War fieldwork, 250m south west of Eastwood Burial Ground'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.
The March Sconce: a Civil War fieldwork, 250m south west of Eastwood Burial Ground stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.