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Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze is a scheduled monument in Cornwall, England, protected under Historic England reference 1007278. The site occupies 2.7 hectares of moorland near Canaglaze in the parish of Linkinhorne. It represents an abandoned rural community whose buildings and field systems have survived largely intact as earthworks, offering valuable evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in south-west England.
The settlement lies on an unnamed Carboniferous to Permian felsic igneous intrusion, characteristic geology of the granite uplands of central Cornwall. This underlying bedrock would have shaped the medieval community's economy and daily life, influencing both construction materials and agricultural potential. The moorland setting reflects the marginal nature of settlement in this upland zone, where medieval farmers worked small plots alongside pastoral farming.
The earthworks visible across the scheduled area include the foundations of dwellings, enclosure boundaries and cultivation traces that provide physical testimony to medieval rural life. Such deserted settlements, often abandoned as climate deteriorated or economic conditions changed during the later medieval period, are important archaeological resources. The preservation of the site's earthwork remains makes it a significant record of how communities adapted to and exploited the upland landscape of medieval Cornwall.
Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007278. View the official record →
Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze is a scheduled monument in Cornwall, England, protected under Historic England reference 1007278.
Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze 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 1007278.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 1.062km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm (9.8 km), Round cairn 1.17km south-west of Higher Langdon Farm (9.8 km), Stone hut circle with incorporating prehistoric regular aggregate field system 810m SSE of Carkeet Farm (10.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Deserted medieval settlement 1125m WNW of Canaglaze stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.