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Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm is a medieval settlement site located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM307. The village was abandoned sometime during the medieval period, leaving behind earthwork remains that preserve evidence of its former layout and occupation. Such desertion was a common occurrence across medieval Britain, often resulting from economic hardship, plague, agricultural change or shifting settlement patterns during the later medieval centuries.
The monument lies upon bedrock of the Lias Group, a sequence of mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone formed during the Aalenian period of the Jurassic. This geology has shaped both the landscape and the historic settlement's relationship to its environment, influencing drainage patterns, soil quality and the availability of stone for building. The underlying strata would have been exposed in quarries and outcrops that served the medieval community's constructional needs.
The earthworks at the site constitute an important archaeological record of rural medieval Welsh life. The surviving field patterns, hollow ways and platforms mark where houses, fields and routeways once organised daily life within the community. Such deserted villages are valuable historical resources, preserving in their physical form the settlement geography and land use of medieval Wales without the complications of later building and development.
Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference GM307. View the official record →
Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm is a medieval settlement site located in Wales and protected by Cadw under reference GM307.
Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a deserted medieval village. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is GM307.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Orchard Manor House (0.8 km), East Orchard Wood Pillbox (1 km), West Orchard Manor House (1.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Deserted Medieval Village North East of Rock Farm'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 North East of Rock Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.