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Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks is a deserted medieval village site located immediately southwest of St Andrew's Church in Yorkshire, England. The earthworks comprise the physical remains of a settlement that was inhabited during the medieval period, preserving ridge and furrow field systems and the characteristic tofts and crofts that define the layout of a planned or organic medieval community. The site demonstrates the pattern of medieval rural settlement and land use practices that characterise the Yorkshire landscape, and its proximity to the parish church reflects the typical relationship between religious and secular settlement structures. The earthworks represent an important archaeological record of medieval habitation and land management in northern England.
Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of St Andrew's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017069. View the official record →
Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks is a deserted medieval village site located immediately southwest of St Andrew's Church in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017069.
Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of St Andrew's Church 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 1017069.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sections of linear boundary dyke in Harper Dale and Holm Dale, north east of Horsedale Plantation (9.8 km), Section of linear boundary dyke in Harper Dale Plantation north east of Northfield Farm (9.8 km), Two bowl barrows on Huggate Wold, 600m north west of Horsedale Plantation (10.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of St Andrew's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Kirby Grindalythe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of St Andrew's Church stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.