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Deserted medieval village is a scheduled ancient monument in Gloucestershire representing settlement abandonment patterns characteristic of the late medieval period. The site comprises earthwork remains including house platforms, field boundaries, and trackways that reflect the layout and agricultural organisation of a medieval farming community. Such desertions, particularly common in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, resulted from various pressures including economic change, plague impact, and shifts in land use. The surviving topographical features provide valuable archaeological evidence of rural settlement structure and the social landscape of medieval England.
Deserted medieval village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002071. View the official record →
Deserted medieval village is a scheduled ancient monument in Gloucestershire representing settlement abandonment patterns characteristic of the late medieval period.
Deserted medieval village 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 1002071.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Margaret's Camp, moated site and associated remains (1.4 km), Holm Castle, site of (1.5 km), Site of St Mary's Abbey (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted medieval village'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 village stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.