Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval settlement remains at Crafton

Medieval settlement remains at Crafton

England
List entry 1409200
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1409200
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
16.02 hectares
Grid reference
SP8905719469
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement remains at Crafton is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork traces of a deserted medieval village located in Buckinghamshire. The site preserves ridge and furrow field systems and settlement features dating to the medieval period, representing the physical legacy of agricultural and domestic occupation that was subsequently abandoned. The remains provide archaeological evidence of the settlement patterns and land use characteristic of medieval rural England. Such deserted settlement sites are valuable for understanding the social and economic organisation of medieval communities and the processes of village abandonment and landscape change.

Medieval settlement remains at Crafton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1409200. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement remains at Crafton?

Medieval settlement remains at Crafton is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork traces of a deserted medieval village located in Buckinghamshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement remains at Crafton?

Medieval settlement remains at Crafton 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 1409200.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement remains at Crafton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A small multivallate hillfort on Southend Hill (4.1 km), Settlement N of St Mary's Church, Puttenham (4.5 km), Moated site immediately east of All Saint's Church (4.6 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.
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.
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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 remains at Crafton

Medieval settlement remains at Crafton stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.