Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village

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History & significance

Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village is a scheduled ancient monument comprising earthwork remains of medieval settlement and associated open field agriculture. The site preserves ridge and furrow cultivation patterns characteristic of the medieval period, evidence of the intensified agricultural management of the English midlands landscape. The settlement remains indicate occupation during the medieval era, with the physical traces surviving as soil marks and subtle earthwork features across the landscape west of the modern village. These remains represent the broader pattern of medieval nucleated settlement and communal open field systems that defined rural life in Nottinghamshire during the middle ages.

Medieval settlement and remains of open fields immediately west of East Stoke village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018129. View the official record →

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