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Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps

England
List entry 1006894
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006894
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.05 hectares
Grid reference
TL 62473 42569, TL 62593 42707
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps is a settlement remains located in Cambridgeshire that represents the abandonment of a once-inhabited community, likely dating to the medieval period. The site preserves evidence of medieval occupation in the form of earthworks and surface scatter that reflect the economic and social patterns of the area during the Middle Ages. Its proximity to Castle Camps itself suggests a relationship between the fortified position and the settlement below, typical of medieval settlement hierarchies where castles dominated the surrounding landscape. The desertion of the site reflects broader patterns of medieval settlement shift and consolidation that affected many English villages during the late medieval period.

Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006894. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps?

The deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps is a settlement remains located in Cambridgeshire that represents the abandonment of a once-inhabited community, likely dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006894.

Who is responsible for protecting Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps?

Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps 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 1006894.

What other scheduled monuments are near Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wincelow Hall moated site (4.3 km), Latchley's Farm moated site and fishponds (5.5 km), St Aylott's moated site and fishpond (6.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wincelow Hall moated site
4.3 km
Latchley's Farm moated site and fishponds
5.5 km
St Aylott's moated site and fishpond
6.2 km
The Howses moated site
6.2 km
The Rookery, moated site, 350m west of Goddards Farm
7.1 km
A moated site at Goddards Farm
7.1 km
Great Brockholds moated site and fishpond
7.4 km
Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps

Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Deserted medieval site adjoining Castle Camps

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~7.5 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~15.2 miles
Domesday entry for Camps, Cambridgeshire →
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