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Booths Hill is a site of medieval religious settlement associated with Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire. The site lies within the documented lands of Ramsey Abbey, a major Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century, and represents part of the extensive monastic estate that the abbey controlled throughout the medieval period. Archaeological and documentary evidence indicates occupation and use during the medieval era, reflecting the abbey's substantial landholdings across the region. The monument's significance lies in its contribution to understanding the territorial and economic organisation of one of England's wealthier monastic communities during the Middle Ages.
Booths Hill, Ramsey Abbey is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004643. View the official record →
Booths Hill is a site of medieval religious settlement associated with Ramsey Abbey in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004643.
Booths Hill, Ramsey Abbey 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 1004643.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ramsey Abbey (remains of) (0.3 km), Five bowl barrows 100m north of Waypost Farm: part of a barrow cemetery south of Ramsey Forty Foot (2.6 km), Worlick moated site and fishponds (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Booths Hill, Ramsey Abbey's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Booths Hill, Ramsey Abbey stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.