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Wermere pond

England
List entry 1004774
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004774
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.25 hectares
Grid reference
ST 97669 21700
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wermere Pond is a pond monument located in Wiltshire. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under list entry 1004774. It represents a water management feature of archaeological interest within the Wiltshire landscape, reflecting patterns of medieval or post-medieval land use and settlement organisation in the region. The pond's precise dating and original function require reference to specialist archaeological documentation and the official entry records for detailed characterisation.

Wermere pond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004774. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Wermere pond?

Wermere Pond is a pond monument located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004774.

Who is responsible for protecting Wermere pond?

Wermere pond 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 1004774.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wermere pond?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm (8.6 km), Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm (8.8 km), Barrow near Burtts Harley (9.1 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrows near Thickthorn Farm
8.6 km
Long mound 1500yds (1370m) E of Higher Farm
8.8 km
Barrow near Burtts Harley
9.1 km
Long barrow 360m SSW of Chettle House
9.3 km
Western end of Dorset Cursus
9.3 km
Earthworks on Thickthorn Down
9.4 km
Long barrows SE of Thickthorn Farm
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 250m south of Plantation Farm
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wermere pond

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

The wider landscape

Around Wermere pond

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~12 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~15.6 milesCadbury CastleArchaeological site · ~21.6 miles
Domesday entry for Trow, Wiltshire →
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