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Medieval hamlet of Littlecote

England
List entry 1018008
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018008
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
12.95 hectares
Grid reference
SP 83127 24076
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval hamlet of Littlecote is a scheduled ancient monument in Buckinghamshire representing a deserted or shrunken medieval settlement. The site preserves evidence of medieval occupation and settlement patterns characteristic of the High and Late Medieval periods, when small agricultural communities formed the foundation of rural English society. Physical remains visible at the site include earthworks and archaeological features indicative of domestic and agricultural use, typical of medieval hamlet settlement archaeology. The monument survives as a valuable record of medieval rural settlement and land use in the Chilterns region.

Medieval hamlet of Littlecote is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018008. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval hamlet of Littlecote?

Medieval hamlet of Littlecote is a scheduled ancient monument in Buckinghamshire representing a deserted or shrunken medieval settlement.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval hamlet of Littlecote?

Medieval hamlet of Littlecote 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 1018008.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval hamlet of Littlecote?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way (1.9 km), Deserted village (site of) at Creslow (3.1 km), Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church (4.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte castle and associated remains of the medieval village of Cublington, immediately west of Ridings Way
1.9 km
Deserted village (site of) at Creslow
3.1 km
Bolebec Castle, a motte and bailey castle 300m west of St John's Church
4.6 km
The medieval village of Burston
5.4 km
Medieval settlement remains at Crafton
7.5 km
Moated site immediately east of All Saint's Church
7.6 km
Deserted village of Tiscott, NW of Broadmead Farm
8.1 km
Ardwick deserted medieval village
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval hamlet of Littlecote

Medieval hamlet of Littlecote stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval hamlet of Littlecote

AlchesterRoman town · ~16.3 milesTowcesterRoman town · ~17.6 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~21.4 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~24.3 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.9 milesBattle of Northampton (1460)Battle (1460) · ~22.1 miles
Domesday entry for Littlecote, Buckinghamshire →
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