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Verulamium, Bacons Mount

England
List entry 1003516
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003516
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.47 hectares
Grid reference
TL 12379 07344
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Verulamium, Bacons Mount is a Romano-British earthwork forming part of the defensive circuit of the Roman city of Verulamium, located near St Albans in Hertfordshire. The monument comprises an earth bank and ditch that once constituted the city wall defences, constructed during the Roman occupation of Britain, likely in the second century AD. Bacons Mount represents a substantial survival of Verulamium's fortifications and remains archaeologically significant for understanding the layout and development of this important Romano-British urban centre. The earthwork's preservation has allowed detailed study of Roman military engineering and town planning strategies employed in the province of Britannia.

Verulamium, Bacons Mount is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003516. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Verulamium, Bacons Mount?

Verulamium, Bacons Mount is a Romano-British earthwork forming part of the defensive circuit of the Roman city of Verulamium, located near St Albans in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003516.

Who is responsible for protecting Verulamium, Bacons Mount?

Verulamium, Bacons Mount 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 1003516.

What other scheduled monuments are near Verulamium, Bacons Mount?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement (0.6 km), Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city (1.6 km), St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings (1.9 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Verulamium, Prae Wood settlement
0.6 km
Verulamium, part of wall and ditch of Roman city
1.6 km
St Albans Abbey, site of conventual buildings
1.9 km
St Albans Abbey Gatehouse
2 km
The Benedictine Priory of St Mary (Sopwell Priory) and the post-medieval mansions known as Sopwell House or Lee Hall
2.8 km
Replica of the Mohne Dam, in the grounds of the Building Research Establishment, Garston
5.8 km
Roman remains S of Hansteads House, Netherwyld Farm
6.5 km
Colney Chapel moated site
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Verulamium, Bacons Mount

Verulamium, Bacons Mount stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Verulamium, Bacons Mount

St AlbansRoman town · ~0.6 milesLondonRoman town · ~20.6 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~9.9 miles
Domesday entry for Windridge, Hertfordshire →
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