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Three quadrangular earthworks on Banstead Heath is a Scheduled Ancient Monument consisting of three rectangular or square enclosures formed by banks and ditches situated on Banstead Heath in Surrey. The earthworks are prehistoric in date, though their precise chronological attribution within prehistory remains uncertain. They represent a form of settlement or territorial organisation characteristic of later prehistoric periods on the Surrey heathlands. The earthworks survive as prominent landscape features, their banks and surrounding ditches remaining substantially visible despite the passage of time and subsequent land use changes.
Three quadrangular earthworks on Banstead Heath is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005944. View the official record →
Three quadrangular earthworks on Banstead Heath is a Scheduled Ancient Monument consisting of three rectangular or square enclosures formed by banks and ditches situated on Banstead Heath in Surrey.
Three quadrangular earthworks on Banstead Heath 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 1005944.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 70m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (4.8 km), Bowl barrow 130m south of Buckland Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 200m north of Flanchford Road: part of Reigate Heath round barrow cemetery (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Three quadrangular earthworks on Banstead Heath'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.
Three quadrangular earthworks on Banstead Heath stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.