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Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common

England
List entry 1019334
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019334
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
12.72 hectares
Grid reference
TF 74244 16478, TF 74034 16778
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the archaeological traces of a medieval village settlement in Norfolk. The site preserves evidence of occupation and habitation patterns from the medieval period, with physical remains visible as earthworks and subsurface deposits that testify to the former presence of domestic structures and associated features. Such settlement remains are significant for understanding rural medieval life, land use patterns, and the eventual desertion or relocation of communities that characterised Norfolk's medieval landscape. The monument's preservation as a scheduled site reflects its archaeological value for investigating medieval settlement organisation and economy in East Anglia.

Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019334. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common?

Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the archaeological traces of a medieval village settlement in Norfolk.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common?

Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common 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 1019334.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of St Andrew's Church (0.2 km), Remains of medieval and early post-medieval settlement at Summer End (1.3 km), Roman villa at Gayton Thorpe (1.7 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Remains of St Andrew's Church
0.2 km
Remains of medieval and early post-medieval settlement at Summer End
1.3 km
Roman villa at Gayton Thorpe
1.7 km
Camphill
3.5 km
Wayside cross 190m south west of Crossgates Farm
4 km
West Acre Priory, and square barrow within the precinct
4.2 km
Moated site of Crancourt Manor, 430m south east of Manor Farm
5.2 km
Remains of Pentney Priory at Abbey Farm
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common

Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval settlement remains east of Walton Common

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~17.1 miles
Domesday entry for Walton, Norfolk →
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