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Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park

England
List entry 1006900
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006900
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
17.43 hectares
Grid reference
TL 54731 61617
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park is a scheduled ancient monument representing the remains of a medieval settlement in Cambridgeshire. The site preserves earthwork evidence of the village that was abandoned, likely during or after the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries as part of the broader pattern of desertion affecting English settlements during the late medieval period. The archaeological remains include ridge and furrow cultivation patterns and the structural outlines of former buildings and enclosures, which provide material evidence of medieval agricultural and domestic organisation. The monument is significant for understanding the social and economic processes that led to village abandonment and the transformation of the medieval landscape.

Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006900. View the official record →

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What is Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park?

Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park is a scheduled ancient monument representing the remains of a medieval settlement in Cambridgeshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park?

Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park 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 1006900.

What other scheduled monuments are near Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age ritual enclosure containing a Bronze Age barrow, and Roman cemetery (5.8 km), Settlement site by Caudle Corner Farm (6.5 km), Fleam Dyke (7.1 km).

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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Iron Age ritual enclosure containing a Bronze Age barrow, and Roman cemetery
5.8 km
Settlement site by Caudle Corner Farm
6.5 km
Fleam Dyke
7.1 km
Mutlow Hill tumulus
7.2 km
Four bowl barrows 920m and 950m south east of Heath Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation
8.8 km
Worstead Street (Via Devana) near Cambridge
8.9 km
Bowl barrow 1080m north east of Worsted Lodge Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation
9.1 km
Bowl barrow on Copley Hill
9.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park

Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Deserted medieval village in Bottisham Park

CambridgeRoman town · ~6.5 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~11.9 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~19.4 milesGrimes GravesArchaeological site · ~24.2 miles
Domesday entry for Bottisham, Cambridgeshire →
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