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The deserted medieval village at King's Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Warwickshire representing settlement abandonment during the medieval period. The site preserves earthwork remains indicative of domestic and agricultural occupation, including ridge-and-furrow field systems characteristic of medieval open-field farming practices. The village was depopulated during the period of medieval settlement contraction, likely through enclosure movements or economic change affecting rural communities in the region. Such deserted village sites are valuable archaeological records of medieval social and economic transformation in the English Midlands.
Deserted medieval village at King's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005724. View the official record →
The deserted medieval village at King's Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Warwickshire representing settlement abandonment during the medieval period.
Deserted medieval village at King's Hill 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 1005724.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stare Bridge (3.2 km), Wappenbury camp univallate hillfort and medieval settlement remains (7 km), Hunningham Bridge (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted medieval village at King's Hill'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 at King's Hill stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.