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Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House

England
List entry 1017678
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017678
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.16 hectares
Grid reference
SP 39708 96980
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House is a scheduled ancient monument located in Leicestershire, England. The site comprises two distinct periods of settlement: a prehistoric burial mound known as a hlaew, and the remains of a medieval farmstead that developed in close proximity to this earlier monument. The juxtaposition of the prehistoric and medieval remains on this location demonstrates continuity of land use across several centuries, with the medieval community establishing their settlement near the older earthwork. The monument's survival as an archaeological site has preserved evidence of both the Anglo-Saxon or earlier burial tradition and the subsequent medieval agricultural settlement.

Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017678. View the official record →

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What is Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House?

Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House is a scheduled ancient monument located in Leicestershire, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House?

Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park 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 1017678.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ambion deserted medieval village (3.1 km), Remains of chapel in Lindley Park (3.5 km), Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall (3.5 km).

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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
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ambion deserted medieval village
3.1 km
Remains of chapel in Lindley Park
3.5 km
Dovecote immediately west of Shenton Hall
3.5 km
Bowl barrow at Sutton Cheney
4 km
Moated site at Stapleton
4.1 km
Bowl barrow at Fenny Drayton
4.1 km
Remains of the motte and bailey castle at Hinckley
4.4 km
Deserted village of Stretton Baskerville
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House

Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hlaew and medieval farmstead immediately south west of Park House

MancetterRoman town · ~4.3 milesWallRoman town · ~19.3 milesWhilton LodgeRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Bosworth (Field) 1485Battle (1485) · ~1.3 miles
Domesday entry for Shenton, Leicestershire →
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