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Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm

England
List entry 1016311
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016311
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.17 hectares
Grid reference
SU 22900 91993
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire consisting of earthwork traces of habitation dating to the medieval period. The site preserves physical evidence of domestic occupation through surviving ridge and furrow field systems and structural remains typical of dispersed rural settlement patterns characteristic of medieval Wiltshire. The monument contributes to understanding the distribution and organisation of medieval communities in the region and the relationship between settlement and agricultural land use during the medieval period.

Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016311. View the official record →

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What is Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm?

Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm is a scheduled ancient monument in Wiltshire consisting of earthwork traces of habitation dating to the medieval period.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm?

Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden 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 1016311.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement remains at Sevenhampton (2.6 km), Four Highworth circles 150m north east of Pickett's Copse (3.2 km), Bourton village cross (4.9 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

Medieval settlement remains at Sevenhampton
2.6 km
Four Highworth circles 150m north east of Pickett's Copse
3.2 km
Bourton village cross
4.9 km
Roman villa 530m west of Stanton House
5.8 km
Site of Roman town, W of Wanborough House
7.6 km
Hardwell Camp promontory fort
7.8 km
Wayland's Smithy chambered long barrow, including an earlier barrow and Iron Age and Roman boundary ditches
8.3 km
Hall Place
8.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm

Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval settlement remains immediately south east of Fresden Farm

CirencesterRoman town · ~14 milesMildenhallRoman town · ~14 milesAveburyArchaeological site · ~15.7 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~16.6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~21.3 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~21.5 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~22.8 miles
Domesday entry for Coleshill, Berkshire →
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