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Deserted Medieval Village is a scheduled ancient monument in Leicestershire comprising the earthwork remains of a settlement abandoned during the medieval period. The site preserves ridge-and-furrow field systems and the structural foundations of former dwellings, visible as soil marks and surface irregularities across the landscape. Such deserted villages became widespread across the Midlands during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, often abandoned due to economic shifts, enclosure movements, or depopulation following the Black Death. The monument represents an important archaeological resource for understanding rural settlement patterns and the decline of medieval agricultural communities.
Deserted medieval village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005066. View the official record →
Deserted Medieval Village is a scheduled ancient monument in Leicestershire comprising the earthwork remains of a settlement abandoned during the 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 1005066.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon cremation cemetery 750m west of Rempstone Hall (3.8 km), All Saints' Church, Dishley (4.1 km), Moated Lodge with associated water channels and fishpond at Quorndon (5.2 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 Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.