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Medieval settlement at Stanmer

England
List entry 1418222
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1418222
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.98 hectares
Grid reference
TQ3357709768
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement at Stanmer is a deserted medieval village site located in East Sussex, near Brighton. The settlement represents typical medieval agrarian organisation and was inhabited from at least the 12th century until its abandonment, likely during the post-medieval period. The site preserves earthwork evidence of former dwellings, field systems, and settlement structures characteristic of a nucleated medieval village community. The remains provide valuable archaeological testimony to the rural economy and settlement patterns of medieval Sussex.

Medieval settlement at Stanmer is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1418222. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement at Stanmer?

Medieval settlement at Stanmer is a deserted medieval village site located in East Sussex, near Brighton. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1418222.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement at Stanmer?

Medieval settlement at Stanmer 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 1418222.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement at Stanmer?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A cross-ridge dyke and part of an adjoining cross-ridge dyke meeting at Juggs Road near Falmer Bottom (4.2 km), Bowl barrow south of Newmarket Bottom (4.4 km), Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon barrow cemeteries south of Juggs Road (4.5 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A cross-ridge dyke and part of an adjoining cross-ridge dyke meeting at Juggs Road near Falmer Bottom
4.2 km
Bowl barrow south of Newmarket Bottom
4.4 km
Bronze Age and Anglo-Saxon barrow cemeteries south of Juggs Road
4.5 km
Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure
5 km
Castle Hill earthwork
5.2 km
A group of three bowl barrows and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field on The Bostle
5.6 km
Long Barrow on Beacon Hill
7.5 km
Heathy Brow round barrows
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement at Stanmer

Medieval settlement at Stanmer stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval settlement at Stanmer

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~4 miles
Domesday entry for Stanmer, Sussex →
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