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1) Coal post This Grade II Listed coal post dates back to around 1861. It is one of 250 scattered around the 4) Sculpture trail outskirts of that were A short easy access route with an array of originally positioned to mark stunning sculptures carved out of oak, points where duty was once inspired by the local history and nature of collected on coal and wine the woods. entering the city.The finance helped to develop infrastructure 5) Hornbeam coppice in the capital and it is thanks to Hornbeam coppice is a major these that many of the bridges characteristic of these woods. Coppice over the Thames were built. management was practiced for over 300 years dating back 2) Circular seat W O D S to Elizabethan times Perfectly situated next to a tranquil pond, this when Queen Elizabeth I's National Nature Reserve eye-catching metal seat encircling an oak tree minister Sir William Cecil depicts a deer chasing its tail. owned the woods. This leaflet is part of a series of guides to the Broxbourne Woods NNR.To learn about the other guides and obtain copies, contact: 3) Ancient wood banks 6) Ermine Street Countryside Management Service on 01992 588433 The interesting network of wood banks www.hertsdirect.org/cms Ancient pollards line this section The Woodland Trust on 01476 581111 and ditch earthworks throughout of Ermine Street, an old Roman Road over www.woodland-trust.org.uk Broxbourne Woods are remnants of 200 miles long connecting London with York. A414 ancient field systems, possibly dating William the Conqueror would almost B r ic k A4 e Hertford 1 n 4 Hatfield d o Heath back to the Bronze Age. n certainly have passed along this stretch

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