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Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains

England
List entry 1016795
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016795
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.11 hectares
Grid reference
SK 86500 93133
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains is a scheduled ancient monument located in Lincolnshire comprising the archaeological evidence of a medieval village and its associated agricultural landscape. The site preserves earthworks and buried deposits dating to the medieval period, including settlement features and field systems that reflect the organisation of rural life and land use in medieval England. The remains provide important evidence for understanding patterns of medieval settlement, agriculture and the relationship between communities and their cultivated environment during the High and Late Medieval periods.

Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016795. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains?

Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains is a scheduled ancient monument located in Lincolnshire comprising the archaeological evidence of a medieval village and its associated agricultural landscape.

Who is responsible for protecting Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains?

Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains 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 1016795.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross in St Martin's churchyard (2.1 km), Deserted village of Dunstall (2.7 km), Southorpe medieval settlement and cultivation remains (3.8 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
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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cross in St Martin's churchyard
2.1 km
Deserted village of Dunstall
2.7 km
Southorpe medieval settlement and cultivation remains
3.8 km
Moated manorial complex immediately north west of Elm Tree Farm
4.4 km
Dovecote at Elm Tree Farm
4.6 km
Cross in All Saints churchyard
4.7 km
Castle Hills Wood ringwork and baileys
4.9 km
Dog Island moat near Gainsborough
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains

Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Gilby medieval settlement and cultivation remains

LincolnRoman town · ~14.9 miles
Domesday entry for Pilham, Lincolnshire →
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