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The medieval settlement and associated field system immediately south of Ballidon village is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a nucleated settlement and its surrounding agricultural landscape. The site dates to the medieval period and survives as a series of ridge and furrow field systems interspersed with settlement features including house platforms and other structural remains visible as soil and earthwork evidence. The field patterns and settlement layout provide material evidence of the organisation of medieval arable agriculture and domestic settlement in the Derbyshire landscape. Such sites are significant for understanding rural settlement patterns, land use, and the relationship between settlement and farming in the English midlands during the medieval era.
Medieval settlement and associated field system immediately south of Ballidon village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021244. View the official record →
The medieval settlement and associated field system immediately south of Ballidon village is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a nucleated settlement and its surrounding agricultural landscape.
Medieval settlement and associated field system immediately south of Ballidon 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 1021244.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Stand Low (3.8 km), Bassett Wood bowl barrow (4.2 km), Atlow moated site, enclosures and causeway (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement and associated field system immediately south of Ballidon 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.
Medieval settlement and associated field system immediately south of Ballidon village stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.