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Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces

England
List entry 1017068
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017068
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
12.95 hectares
Grid reference
SE 99202 64754
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces is a deserted medieval village site located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises the earthwork remains of a nucleated settlement together with extensive ridge and furrow cultivation terraces that surround it, representing the physical legacy of medieval agrarian organisation. The site dates to the medieval period, with the settlement and its associated agricultural landscape forming part of the broader pattern of medieval rural settlement and land use characteristic of northern England. The preservation of both settlement and field systems in earthwork form provides evidence of medieval village life and the intensive exploitation of the agricultural landscape during this period.

Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017068. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces?

Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces is a deserted medieval village site located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017068.

Who is responsible for protecting Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces?

Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces 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 1017068.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Western bowl barrow of a pair, 310m SSE of Springwell Farm (6.7 km), Eastern bowl barrow of a pair, 350m south east of Springwell Farm (6.8 km), Eastern bowl barrow of a pair at crossroads east of Craike Hill, 1km NNW of Eastburn Warren Farm (7.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Western bowl barrow of a pair, 310m SSE of Springwell Farm
6.7 km
Eastern bowl barrow of a pair, 350m south east of Springwell Farm
6.8 km
Eastern bowl barrow of a pair at crossroads east of Craike Hill, 1km NNW of Eastburn Warren Farm
7.2 km
Round barrow 500m south of Low Farm
7.2 km
Moot Hill motte and bailey castle, and site of a medieval moated manor
7.2 km
Western bowl barrow of a pair east of Craike Hill, 1km NNW of Eastburn Warren Farm
7.2 km
Round barrow 700m south of Low Farm
7.2 km
Round barrow 700m south of Low Farm
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces

Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Cottam medieval settlement and cultivation terraces

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~11.6 miles
Domesday entry for Cottam, Yorkshire →
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