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Martinsthorpe is a deserted medieval village located in Rutland, England, comprising the earthwork remains of a settlement that was inhabited during the medieval period. The site preserves ridge-and-furrow field systems and the hollowed trackways characteristic of abandoned villages, providing evidence of medieval agricultural practices and settlement patterns. The village was depopulated during the period of enclosure, when landowners converted arable fields to pasture for sheep farming, a process that transformed the English landscape between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries. The earthworks visible today represent one of Rutland's significant archaeological records of medieval rural settlement and the social upheaval caused by agricultural change.
Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010926. View the official record →
Martinsthorpe is a deserted medieval village located in Rutland, England, comprising the earthwork remains of a settlement that was inhabited during the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010926.
Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village 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 1010926.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bridge over River Chater (0.9 km), Dovecot and arch, formerly lodge of Brooke House (2.5 km), Bronze Age enclosure (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village'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.
Martinsthorpe deserted medieval village stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.