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Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest

England
List entry 1015433
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015433
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5 hectares
Grid reference
TL 53688 19759
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest is a medieval rabbit warren situated within the Essex woodland landscape. The site represents a documented example of medieval land use and game management, a practice integral to the economy and subsistence strategies of medieval estates. The warren would have been maintained as an enclosed or managed area for the breeding and harvesting of rabbits, a valued resource in the medieval period. Its location within Hatfield Forest, itself a significant medieval landscape feature in Essex, reflects the organized exploitation of forest resources during the medieval period.

Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015433. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest?

Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest is a medieval rabbit warren situated within the Essex woodland landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015433.

Who is responsible for protecting Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest?

Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest 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 1015433.

What other scheduled monuments are near Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Ryes moated site (2.8 km), Hatfield Broad Oak Priory (3.1 km), Lea Hall moated site (4.5 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

The Ryes moated site
2.8 km
Hatfield Broad Oak Priory
3.1 km
Lea Hall moated site
4.5 km
Moated site at Pierce Williams
4.5 km
Colville Hall Tudor and medieval remains, White Roding
6.5 km
Springhall Lane causewayed enclosure
7.8 km
Roman villa 500m north east of Harlowbury
9 km
Rookwood Hall moated site
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest

Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~14.6 miles
Domesday entry for Takeley, Essex →
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