Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom

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A Deserted Medieval Village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom is a complex ancient monument in Wiltshire that encompasses multiple periods of settlement and land use. The site incorporates a Bronze Age bowl barrow, a characteristic burial mound of the second millennium BCE, alongside evidence of Iron Age or Romano-British field divisions visible as earthwork remains. The deserted medieval village represents a later phase of occupation, with ridge-and-furrow cultivation patterns and settlement features indicating sustained agricultural use during the medieval period before eventual abandonment. The convergence of these archaeological features on a single site illustrates the palimpsest of human activity across Wiltshire over more than three millennia.

Deserted medieval village, a bowl barrow, and part of a prehistoric field system opposite Lake House in Lake Bottom is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010879. View the official record →

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