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Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces

England
List entry 1016859
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016859
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.26 hectares
Grid reference
SE 93509 65667, SE 93390 65788, SE 93159 65968
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire, comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement together with associated agricultural features. The site preserves evidence of medieval ridge-and-furrow cultivation terraces and settlement remains dating to the medieval period, reflecting the agricultural and domestic organisation of a rural medieval community. The earthworks survive as visible features in the landscape, providing archaeological evidence for patterns of medieval land use and settlement distribution in Yorkshire. The monument is protected under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 due to its significance as a record of medieval settlement and farming practice.

Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016859. View the official record →

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What is Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces?

Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire, comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement together with associated agricultural features.

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

Croom 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 1016859.

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

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 450m south-west of Low Farm (7.9 km), Round barrow 500m south of Low Farm (8.1 km), Section of linear boundary dyke south of Middleham Plantation and Harper Dale Plantation (8.2 km).

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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 450m south-west of Low Farm
7.9 km
Round barrow 500m south of Low Farm
8.1 km
Section of linear boundary dyke south of Middleham Plantation and Harper Dale Plantation
8.2 km
Round barrow 700m south of Low Farm
8.2 km
Round barrow 750m south of Low Farm
8.3 km
Round barrow 700m south of Low Farm
8.4 km
Section of linear boundary dyke in Harper Dale Plantation north east of Northfield Farm
9.1 km
Western bowl barrow of a pair east of Craike Hill, 1km NNW of Eastburn Warren Farm
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces

Croom 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 Croom medieval settlement and cultivation terraces

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~11.5 milesYorkRoman town · ~22.3 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~14.8 miles
Domesday entry for Croom, Yorkshire →
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