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Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate

England

List entry 1019912

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1019912

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

3.52 hectares

Grid reference

NZ 37539 37572

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Old Wingate is a medieval settlement and open field system located in Durham, England. The site preserves evidence of strip field agriculture characteristic of the medieval period, with ridge and furrow earthworks that remain visible across the landscape. The settlement itself represents a typical example of medieval rural organisation in northern England, where communities operated common field systems for arable cultivation. These archaeological remains provide important testimony to the organisation of medieval agrarian life and land use in the Durham region during the medieval period.

Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019912. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate?

Old Wingate is a medieval settlement and open field system located in Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019912.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate?

Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate 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 1019912.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm (1.7 km), Ludworth Tower (4.2 km), Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway (4.5 km).

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Overview

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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

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Old Thornley medieval settlement, open field system and hollow way, 110m north of Thornley Hall Farm

1.7 km

Ludworth Tower

4.2 km

Deserted medieval village and field system at Garmondsway

4.5 km

Haswell Colliery engine house, 180m north west of Plough Farm

4.7 km

Coxhoe medieval settlement, 170m south west of East House Farm

4.7 km

Deserted medieval village, moated site, and early medieval timber building at Castle Eden, 200m south of The Castle

5.3 km

High Haswell Chapel 300m south east of Low Haswell

6.3 km

Enclosed hilltop settlement on Pig Hill, 600m south west of High Fallowfield

6.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate

Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval settlement and open field system at Old Wingate

Battle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~7.9 miles Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~21.1 miles Battle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~24.6 miles Battle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~24.8 miles

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