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Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm

England
List entry 1019947
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019947
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
10.31 hectares
Grid reference
SX 72409 40303, SX 72677 40467
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm is a fourteenth-century fortified residence located in Devon, England. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a quadrangular castle, a defensive architectural form characteristic of the later medieval period, alongside evidence of associated garden features. The relict garden represents the domestic and ornamental landscape that would have accompanied the castle, reflecting the lifestyle of a medieval landholding family. The castle and its grounds together constitute significant archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the material culture of the landed gentry during the fourteenth century in Devon.

Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019947. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm?

Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm is a fourteenth-century fortified residence located in Devon, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019947.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm?

Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle 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 1019947.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fort Charles (2.4 km), Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar (3.3 km), Two hut circles and associated field systems and enclosure at Mousehill Brake (3.5 km).

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Overview
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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
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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

Fort Charles
2.4 km
Hilltop enclosure 380m east of Middle Soar
3.3 km
Two hut circles and associated field systems and enclosure at Mousehill Brake
3.5 km
Bowl barrow 210m south of West Soar
3.5 km
Medieval farmstead, boundary work and earthwork enclosures 350m south east of Middle Soar
3.5 km
Post-medieval animal pound 430m south of East Soar Farm
3.6 km
Regular aggregate field system 480m west of West Soar
3.7 km
Coaxial field system, hut circles and medieval farm buildings at Starehole Bottom
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm

Medieval settlement, site of quadrangular castle and relict garden between Ilton Farm and Ilton Castle Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

Domesday entry for Ilton, Devon →
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