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Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm

England

List entry 1015882

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1015882

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.94 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 06630 08965

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

The deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm is a dispersed settlement site in Sussex that survives as earthworks and archaeological traces of habitation from the medieval period. The site comprises the remains of domestic structures and associated features that attest to agricultural settlement in the Sussex countryside during the Middle Ages, before the settlement was abandoned. The earthworks visible at the site provide evidence of medieval land use and settlement patterns in the region, contributing to understanding of rural medieval society and economy in Sussex. The monument is protected as a scheduled ancient monument reflecting its archaeological importance for the study of medieval settlement desertion and landscape change in southern England.

Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015882. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm?

Who is responsible for protecting Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm?

Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham 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 1015882.

What other scheduled monuments are near Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burpham camp (2.7 km), Ringwork 400m NNW of Batworthpark House (4.2 km), Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm (4.4 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

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Burpham camp

2.7 km

Ringwork 400m NNW of Batworthpark House

4.2 km

Flint mine and part of a cross dyke 300m south east of Tolmare Farm

4.4 km

Romano-British villa and traces of Iron Age occupation 500m WSW of New Barn

4.7 km

Flint mine and a bowl barrow on Church Hill, 400m south west of Findon Place

Highdown Hill Camp: A Ram's Hill type enclosure, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and associated remains

5.3 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm

Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm

ChichesterRoman town · ~13 miles Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~14.6 miles

Domesday entry for Burpham, Sussex →

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