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Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Sussex comprising the remains of a medieval village that was abandoned, together with the agricultural terracing that served its inhabitants. The settlement dates to the medieval period, with the earthwork features representing both residential occupation and the systematic land management practices necessary to support an agrarian community. The cultivation terraces visible on the hillside demonstrate the medieval approach to maximising arable productivity on sloping terrain through lyncheted fields. The site survives as upstanding earthworks that provide material evidence of rural settlement patterns and agricultural organisation during the medieval period.
Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015125. View the official record →
Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Sussex comprising the remains of a medieval village that was abandoned, together with the agricultural terracing that served its inhabitants.
Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill 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 1015125.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Scabes Castle (0.7 km), Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill (2.7 km), Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill'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.
Deserted medieval settlement and associated cultivation terraces on Perching Hill stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.