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The Medieval settlement of Whaddon, located 260 metres west of Whaddon Grove Farm in Wiltshire, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a deserted or shrunken medieval village. The site preserves ridge and furrow cultivation patterns and structural foundations typical of medieval agricultural settlements, indicating occupation and land use during the medieval period. The monument represents an important archaeological record of rural settlement patterns and economic activity in the English medieval countryside, with the preservation of earthworks providing evidence of the settlement's layout, farming practices, and subsequent abandonment or contraction.
Medieval settlement of Whaddon, 260m west of Whaddon Grove Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020232. View the official record →
The Medieval settlement of Whaddon, located 260 metres west of Whaddon Grove Farm in Wiltshire, is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a deserted or shrunken medieval village.
Medieval settlement of Whaddon, 260m west of Whaddon Grove 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 1020232.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site 110m north west of Grange Farm (9.2 km), Medieval strip lynchets 370m south of Greater Lane Farm (9.9 km), Medieval settlement and associated field systems west of Brook Farm (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement of Whaddon, 260m west of Whaddon Grove 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 of Whaddon, 260m west of Whaddon Grove Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.