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Fillington Wood medieval settlement

England
List entry 1014560
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014560
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.39 hectares
Grid reference
SU 79821 94797, SU 79880 94733
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Fillington Wood medieval settlement is a scheduled ancient monument located in Buckinghamshire that represents a dispersed rural settlement of medieval date. The site comprises the remains of dwellings and associated field systems characteristic of the medieval period, preserving evidence of the agricultural and domestic arrangements of its inhabitants. The settlement demonstrates patterns of medieval land use and habitation typical of the Buckinghamshire landscape, contributing to understanding of rural settlement evolution during the medieval centuries. Its survival as an archaeological site, despite subsequent land use changes, makes it valuable for the study of medieval village formation and the organisation of medieval agricultural communities.

Fillington Wood medieval settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014560. View the official record →

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What is Fillington Wood medieval settlement?

Fillington Wood medieval settlement is a scheduled ancient monument located in Buckinghamshire that represents a dispersed rural settlement of medieval date.

Who is responsible for protecting Fillington Wood medieval settlement?

Fillington Wood medieval settlement 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 1014560.

What other scheduled monuments are near Fillington Wood medieval settlement?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Camp on Church Hill (2.9 km), Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station (4 km), Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery (4 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Camp on Church Hill
2.9 km
Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station
4 km
Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
4 km
Bowl barrow 140m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery
4.1 km
Bell barrow 260m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery
4.1 km
Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm
4.2 km
Earthworks in Park Wood
4.4 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash
4.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Fillington Wood medieval settlement

Fillington Wood medieval settlement stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Fillington Wood medieval settlement

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~13.7 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~21.2 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~22.2 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~22.4 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~9.6 miles
Domesday entry for Wycombe, Buckinghamshire →
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