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Deserted village of Boughton, situated northwest of Manor Farm in Huntingdonshire, is a medieval settlement that was abandoned, leaving behind earthwork remains indicative of systematic village planning. The site preserves evidence of former domestic occupation through ridge and furrow field systems and structural platforms that characterize the physical landscape of depopulated medieval settlements. The desertion of Boughton reflects the broader processes of settlement contraction and reorganisation that affected the English countryside during the later medieval period, particularly in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. Such sites are valuable archaeological records of medieval rural settlement patterns and the factors that led to village abandonment across medieval England.
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006848. View the official record →
Deserted village of Boughton, situated northwest of Manor Farm in Huntingdonshire, is a medieval settlement that was abandoned, leaving behind earthwork remains indicative of systematic village planning. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006848.
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm 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 1006848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckden Palace (3 km), Moated site in Toseland Wood (4.2 km), The Malting (kiln) (4.7 km).
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