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Horn deserted medieval village and moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located in Rutland, comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement that was eventually abandoned. The site preserves evidence of ridge and furrow field systems alongside a substantial moated enclosure, characteristic features of the English medieval landscape that attest to the settlement's agricultural economy and status. The village appears to date from the medieval period, with the earthworks indicating occupation that extended over several centuries before depopulation occurred, a pattern common across the English Midlands during and after the fourteenth century. The survival of these earthworks provides valuable archaeological evidence of medieval settlement organisation and the processes of village desertion that reshaped the English countryside.
Horn deserted medieval village and moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017848. View the official record →
Horn deserted medieval village and moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located in Rutland, comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement that was eventually abandoned. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017848.
Horn deserted medieval village and moated site 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 1017848.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote 170m north east of the junction between Main Street and Exton Road (2.9 km), Church Bridge (3.5 km), Moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham (3.5 km).
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