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Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems is an ancient monument located approximately 600 metres south-west of the Church of St Helen in Gumley, Leicestershire. The site comprises earthwork evidence of medieval settlement activity together with associated ridge-and-furrow field systems and a rabbit warren, features characteristic of the medieval period's intensive land use and agricultural practices. The settlement remains and surrounding field patterns reflect the organisation of medieval rural life, whilst the warren indicates the later medieval or early post-medieval practice of managed rabbit husbandry, a valuable resource for the manorial economy. The earthworks are now visible as surface features within the modern landscape, preserving evidence of Gumley's medieval human occupation and the wider pattern of medieval land management in Leicestershire.
Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017210. View the official record →
Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems is an ancient monument located approximately 600 metres south-west of the Church of St Helen in Gumley, Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017210.
Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen 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 1017210.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thorpe Lubenham moated site and remains of shifted medieval village (4.4 km), Medieval settlement remains 230m north west and 140m west of the junction of Main Street and Hothorpe Road (4.5 km), Old Hall moated site (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Gumley medieval settlement remains, rabbit warren and field systems, 600m south west of the Church of St Helen stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.