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Lower Thurvaston is a deserted medieval settlement located in Derbyshire, England, with earthwork remains that represent the archaeological traces of a community that was abandoned at an uncertain date during or after the medieval period. The site preserves ridge and furrow cultivation patterns characteristic of the open field agriculture system that dominated medieval England, providing physical evidence of the economic organisation and land use practices of the period. The earthworks are visible as linear undulations across the landscape, forming part of the broader pattern of medieval settlement and agricultural activity in the region. The site's survival as earthwork monuments offers valuable testimony to the medieval rural economy and the settlement patterns that characterised the Derbyshire countryside during the medieval and post-medieval periods.
Lower Thurvaston medieval settlement, including part of the open field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017362. View the official record →
Lower Thurvaston is a deserted medieval settlement located in Derbyshire, England, with earthwork remains that represent the archaeological traces of a community that was abandoned at an uncertain date during or after the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017362.
Lower Thurvaston medieval settlement, including part of the open field system 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 1017362.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow (0.5 km), Shrunken medieval village and moated site at Thurvaston (1.4 km), Barton Blount medieval settlement remains, including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system, 340m north of Barton Hall (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lower Thurvaston medieval settlement, including part of the open field system'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.
Lower Thurvaston medieval settlement, including part of the open field system stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.