Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green

Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green

England
List entry 1019092
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019092
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.42 hectares
Grid reference
SE 83042 70625, SE 82750 70696
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green is a scheduled ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising the physical remains of medieval domestic and agricultural settlement. The earthworks include house platforms, field boundaries, and trackways that preserve evidence of settlement patterns and land use during the medieval period. The site represents an important archaeological resource for understanding the development and organisation of rural medieval communities in Yorkshire, with the surviving earthworks providing information about settlement structure and economy that would otherwise be lost to ploughing and modern development.

Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019092. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green?

Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green is a scheduled ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising the physical remains of medieval domestic and agricultural settlement.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green?

Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green 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 1019092.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow N of manor house (9.2 km), Hanging Grimston barrow group: a bowl barrow 300m east of Stone Sleights Farm (9.3 km), Aldro earthworks: a bowl barrow on Hanging Grimston Wold 100m west of Stone Sleights Farm (9.3 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green

Medieval settlement earthworks on and around Town Green stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.