The archaeological and cultural heritage of Worth Forest is largely intact and highly visible in places .
It is preserved at a landscape scale by the low levels of destructive farming activity in the Forest. The Forest has a very large and almost intact assemblage of the pillow mounds of the warrening economy (c 1580 - 1820).
Other features of the warrening economy, such as traps, enclosure banks and buildings remain to be investigated. The veteran tree assemblage is in some part a cultural relic of the warrening economy, although a few trees may go back to the medieval hunting forest.
The ancient braided trackway systems from the late prehistoric (Iron Age) through the medieval and early modern economies, have elements which are in good preservation, though they are overlain by the post-war forestry rides grid system. In some parts this rides grid system incorporates sections of the older trackway system, as at Oldhouse Warren.
Many fine examples of braided trackways exist in Oldhouse Warren and these afford a range of micro-variations in ecosystem, expressed particularly in rich fungal and plant communities. There are many un-excavated relics of the Tudor iron working economy (pond bays, foundry footings, tracks, spoil), and the gill system preserves many artisanal iron ore quarries.
Bloomeries, cinder wastes, hearths and charcoal burning platforms from the medieval through to recent charcoal production remain visible and await investigation. Many mounds, pits, banked enclosures, wood banks and drains, pond bays, quarries, and early modern and wartime features remain.