Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBuried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm

Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm

England
List entry 1020195
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020195
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
TF 03823 37807
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the subsurface archaeological deposits of a medieval parish church and its associated burial ground near Dembleby in Lincolnshire. The site represents an important record of medieval ecclesiastical settlement and parochial organisation in the region, with the buried remains preserving evidence of the church's plan, construction, and the cemetery practices of the medieval period. Though the church structure no longer stands above ground, the buried deposits retain potential for archaeological investigation to establish the chronology of the site and its development through the medieval centuries. The monument's designation reflects the significance of such buried ecclesiastical complexes in understanding the evolution of medieval religious and settlement patterns in the East Midlands landscape.

Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020195. View the official record →

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What is Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm?

Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the subsurface archaeological deposits of a medieval parish church and its associated burial ground near Dembleby in Lincolnshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm?

Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm 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 1020195.

What other scheduled monuments are near Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Haceby moated site (1.9 km), Moated site, Newton (2.1 km), Bowl barrow 400m south east of Moat Farm (2.3 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm

Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.

The wider landscape

Around Buried remains of medieval church and churchyard at Dembleby House Farm

AncasterRoman town · ~4.9 milesThorpeRoman town · ~19 milesLincolnRoman town · ~21.4 miles