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The medieval settlement located 200 metres south of Bank Farm in Derbyshire is a scheduled ancient monument representing a nucleated or dispersed agricultural community of the medieval period. The site incorporates earthwork remains of open field cultivation characteristic of the medieval farming system, with field boundaries and associated settlement features preserved as ground-level evidence. The survival of these ridge and furrow patterns and settlement traces provides important archaeological testimony to the organisation of medieval rural life and land use in this region of the East Midlands. Such settlements, often later abandoned or relocated, are valuable for understanding the development of the medieval English landscape and the relationship between settlement nucleation and agrarian practice.
Medieval settlement including part of open field system, 200m south of Bank Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018871. View the official record →
The medieval settlement located 200 metres south of Bank Farm in Derbyshire is a scheduled ancient monument representing a nucleated or dispersed agricultural community of the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018871.
Medieval settlement including part of open field system, 200m south of Bank Farm 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 1018871.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Osmaston Fields bowl barrow, south (4.6 km), Moated site 60m west of Edlaston Hall (5.2 km), Bowl barrow 70m north-west of The Boxes (5.2 km).
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