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The Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave is a scheduled ancient monument located immediately west of Rectory Farm in Buckinghamshire, comprising the remains of a medieval village settlement that was abandoned in the post-medieval period. The site is evidenced by earthworks including house platforms, enclosures, and field boundaries that survive as surface features in the landscape, providing material testimony to former occupation and land-use patterns. The settlement dates to the medieval period, with the desertion likely occurring during or after the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries as part of the broader process of village abandonment that affected many English settlements. The earthwork remains at Filgrave constitute an important archaeological resource for understanding medieval rural settlement patterns and the processes of agricultural and social change in the late medieval and early modern Midlands and southern England.
Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave, immediately west of Rectory Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021372. View the official record →
The Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave is a scheduled ancient monument located immediately west of Rectory Farm in Buckinghamshire, comprising the remains of a medieval village settlement that was abandoned in the post-medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021372.
Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave, immediately west of Rectory 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 1021372.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Civil War defences in Bury Field (4.4 km), Tickford Bridge (4.6 km), Moated site at Old Moat Farm (5.5 km).
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