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Deserted village is a deserted medieval settlement in Shropshire, England, representing one of the numerous villages depopulated during the late medieval period, primarily through enclosure for pastoral farming. The site preserves visible earthworks including house platforms, ridge and furrow cultivation patterns, and settlement traces that document the layout and agricultural practices of a medieval community before its abandonment. Dating principally to the medieval period with desertion occurring in the fifteenth or sixteenth century, the site provides material evidence of the significant social and economic upheaval that transformed the English landscape during the later Middle Ages. The earthwork remains constitute an important archaeological record of rural settlement patterns and the processes of village depopulation that reshaped English society during the transition from medieval to early modern periods.
Deserted village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006276. View the official record →
Deserted village is a deserted medieval settlement in Shropshire, England, representing one of the numerous villages depopulated during the late medieval period, primarily through enclosure for pastoral farming. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006276.
Deserted village 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 1006276.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cold Weston deserted medieval village (4.3 km), Silvington Manor double moated site (8 km), Lower Cleeton moat, a moat and fishponds 380m south east of Cleeton Court (8.1 km).
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