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Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system 200m south-west of Layton House is a complex of medieval agricultural and settlement features located in Durham, England. The site comprises earthwork remains of a manorial settlement together with associated fishponds and evidence of field systems, representing the physical infrastructure of medieval land management and exploitation. The features are characteristic of the period between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, when such integrated systems of habitation, water management, and arable or pastoral agriculture were standard components of the manorial economy. The earthworks survive as visible landscape features and constitute important archaeological evidence for understanding medieval settlement patterns and rural economic organisation in northern England.
Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system, 200m south west of Layton House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019532. View the official record →
Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system 200m south-west of Layton House is a complex of medieval agricultural and settlement features located in Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019532.
Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system, 200m south west of Layton 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 1019532.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including St Thomas a Becket's Church (2.6 km), Motte and bailey castle 400m south east of Bishopton (6.1 km), Middleham Castle (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system, 200m south west of Layton House'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.
Manorial settlement, fishponds and field system, 200m south west of Layton House stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.