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Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby

England
List entry 1016931
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016931
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.83 hectares
Grid reference
SE 91887 14697
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby is a deserted medieval church site located in Lincolnshire. The monument comprises earthwork traces marking the former location of the church structure, representing a settlement pattern characteristic of the medieval period when High Risby formed part of the rural ecclesiastical landscape of the region. The site's designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its importance for understanding medieval religious and settlement archaeology in Lincolnshire. The earthworks preserve evidence of the church's footprint and associated occupation, contributing to knowledge of abandoned medieval settlements and their topographical contexts within the English Midlands.

Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016931. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby?

Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby is a deserted medieval church site located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016931.

Who is responsible for protecting Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby?

Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby 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 1016931.

What other scheduled monuments are near Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site (0.7 km), Money Field Roman site, Dragonby (1.5 km), Flixborough Saxon nunnery and site of All Saints medieval church and burial ground (4.2 km).

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This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site
0.7 km
Money Field Roman site, Dragonby
1.5 km
Flixborough Saxon nunnery and site of All Saints medieval church and burial ground
4.2 km
Thornholme Augustinian priory
5.1 km
Bronze Age bowl barrow, Anglo-Saxon settlement and medieval manorial settlement
6.4 km
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 450m north east of Mere Farm
6.6 km
Raventhorpe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of Raventhorpe Farm
6.9 km
Old Winteringham Roman settlement
7.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby

Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

Domesday entry for Sawcliffe, Lincolnshire →
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