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Medieval settlement is a scheduled ancient monument located in Derbyshire, comprising the site of a chapel and elements of the open field system situated immediately north-east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm. The site preserves evidence of medieval agricultural organisation and settlement activity typical of the High Medieval period, with the chapel representing an important focal point of the local community. The surviving earthworks and field patterns provide archaeological testimony to the layout and use of this rural settlement before the significant changes that accompanied later enclosure and depopulation. The scheduled designation recognises the site's importance for understanding medieval settlement patterns and land use in the East Midlands.
Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018617. View the official record →
Medieval settlement is a scheduled ancient monument located in Derbyshire, comprising the site of a chapel and elements of the open field system situated immediately north-east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm.
Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall 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 1018617.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement, including open field system, immediately west of Bentley Fields Farm (1.8 km), Cubley Hall moated site (2.9 km), Moated preceptory, chapel and fishpond at Stydd Hall (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.