Photo of Coggeshall Grange Barn, an ancient site in Essex, eastern England.

Coggeshall Grange Barn© Tim Heaton / Geograph · CC BY-SA 2.0

Ancient stones in EssexEssex, England

10 ancient stones in the Albion Guide across Essex — see the full ancient stones directory, or everything to explore in Essex.

Coggeshall Grange Barn

Ancient site near Coggeshall

A National Trust place in Essex.

Lexden Earthworks and Bluebottle Grove

dyke near Colchester

Late Iron Age bank and ditch on Colchester's western edge, surviving stretches of the dyke system that shielded Camulodunum before the Roman conquest.

Ambresbury Banks hillfort

Hillfort near Waltham Cross

Ambresbury Banks slight univallate hillfort

Beacon hillfort

Hillfort near Harwich

Beacon Hill Fort: a late 19th and 20th century coastal artillery fortification

Danbury camp

Hillfort near Chelmsford

Danbury camp hill fort

Great Wigborough henge

Henge near Tollesbury

A Neolithic henge in Essex.

Loughton camp

Hillfort near Chingford

Loughton camp slight univallate hillfort

Pitchbury Ramparts

Hillfort near Colchester

Small multivallate hillfort known as Pitchbury Ramparts

Prittlewell Camp

Hillfort near Southend-on-Sea

A slight univallate hillfort known as Prittlewell Camp, 500m east of Sutton Road crematorium

South Weald Camp

Hillfort near Brentwood

Slight univallate hillfort 300m west of Calcott Hall Farm