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Hellaby is a deserted medieval village site located in Yorkshire, England, comprising archaeological remains that span several centuries of occupation and land use. The monument encompasses ridge and furrow field systems indicative of medieval agricultural practice, together with structural remains including a post-medieval long house and an associated well, alongside evidence of residential enclosures from the settlement's principal period of habitation. The site demonstrates the pattern of rural abandonment characteristic of many English villages during and after the medieval period, with the surviving earthworks and buried deposits providing archaeological evidence of both medieval settlement and the post-medieval agricultural exploitation of the landscape. The combination of domestic structures, field boundaries, and water management features reflects the integrated economy and settlement hierarchy typical of English rural communities prior to their desertion or transformation.
Hellaby: a deserted medieval village and well, enclosure, ridge and furrow and post medieval long house is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009393. View the official record →
Hellaby is a deserted medieval village site located in Yorkshire, England, comprising archaeological remains that span several centuries of occupation and land use. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009393.
Hellaby: a deserted medieval village and well, enclosure, ridge and furrow and post medieval long house 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 1009393.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross at the junction of Holywell Lane with High Street, Maltby Lane and Ashton Lane (3.3 km), Slade Hooton medieval settlement and moated site (3.5 km), Moat Hall moated site and site of external ancillary buildings, Braithwell (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hellaby: a deserted medieval village and well, enclosure, ridge and furrow and post medieval long house's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Hellaby: a deserted medieval village and well, enclosure, ridge and furrow and post medieval long house stands on Pennine Upper Coal Measures Formation, bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.