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The deserted medieval village of West Hartburn is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 100 metres north-east of Foster House near Durham. The site represents the remains of a medieval settlement that was abandoned, likely during the post-medieval period, and survives as earthwork features including house platforms, enclosures and field boundaries characteristic of DMV (Deserted Medieval Village) archaeology. The settlement's layout and structural remains provide evidence of medieval domestic and agricultural organisation in the Durham landscape. West Hartburn exemplifies the pattern of rural settlement shifts and depopulation that affected parts of northern England from the late medieval period onwards.
Deserted medieval village of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011257. View the official record →
The deserted medieval village of West Hartburn is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 100 metres north-east of Foster House near Durham.
Deserted medieval village of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House 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 1011257.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tower Hill motte castle, 370m north-east of Dinsdale Spa (2.1 km), Anglo-Saxon cross in St John the Baptist's churchyard (3.1 km), Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deserted medieval village of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House'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 of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.