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Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood is a dispersed settlement site located in Somerset, comprising the remains of a medieval agricultural community. The farmstead represents the type of small-scale rural habitation that characterised the English countryside during the medieval period, when such scattered holdings formed the basis of local subsistence farming and land use. The site retains archaeological potential through its surface and subsurface features, which may include ridge-and-furrow cultivation evidence, building platforms, and domestic debris deposits. Such farmstead sites are valuable for understanding patterns of medieval settlement, landholding, and the organisation of agricultural labour in the Somerset region.
Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006132. View the official record →
Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood is a dispersed settlement site located in Somerset, comprising the remains of a medieval agricultural community. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006132.
Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood 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 1006132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Linear earthwork in Butleigh Wood (0.4 km), Compton Dundon hillfort with Dundon Beacon, east of Dundon (2.5 km), The easternmost of three duck decoys on Walton Moor (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood'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.
Medieval farmstead, E of Butleigh Wood stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.