Post-medieval field system, ridge and furrow, and tree throws at Warlies Park, Epping Forest (EHER 81456)

A post-medieval field system, ridge and furrow and tree throws are visible as earthworks on 2023 0.25m Lidar data (commissioned by City of London Corporation). The features were mapped as part of the 2024-2025 Epping Forest Aerial and Investigation Project carried out by Historic England.

2024-2025. Epping Forest Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project. A post-medieval field system and tree throws are visible as earthworks on 2023 0.25m Lidar data (commissioned by City of London Corporation). The features are located northeast of Warlies Park House and comprise a series of curvilinear and linear banks, ditches and scarps that combine to form a series of irregular and sub-rectangular fields. Along the course of several of the banks are the remains of tree throws, and at the centre of the area the remains of a likely tree mound with four tree throws in the top. Three of the fields contain the remains of ridge and furrow. Also near the centre is one of two obelisks which were built within Warlie Park during the late post-medieval. The features are situated in an area which was previously part of the Warlies estate during the post-medieval period. The presence of tree throws suggests that these features were part of a wider planned garden landscape that extended to the north of the house. The features were mapped as part of the 2024-2025 Epping Forest Aerial and Investigation Project carried out by Historic England. <1> <2>