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Medieval settlement, watermill and cultivation remains at East Torrington is a complex of archaeological features documenting rural settlement and agricultural practice in medieval Lincolnshire. The site comprises traces of a medieval village settlement together with the remains of a watermill, indicating significant exploitation of local water resources for grain processing, and associated ridge and furrow cultivation patterns that reflect the open field agricultural systems characteristic of the period. These remains are distributed across the landscape as earthworks and cropmarks, providing evidence of the organisation of medieval rural life in this part of Lincolnshire. The monument preserves important archaeological information about settlement patterns, milling technology, and land use practices during the medieval period.
Medieval settlement, watermill and cultivation remains, East Torrington is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018903. View the official record →
Medieval settlement, watermill and cultivation remains at East Torrington is a complex of archaeological features documenting rural settlement and agricultural practice in medieval Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018903.
Medieval settlement, watermill and cultivation remains, East Torrington 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 1018903.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Mount: a medieval windmill mound 670m south of Bleasby Grange (1.7 km), Churchyard cross, St Mary's churchyard (1.9 km), Bleasby medieval village (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement, watermill and cultivation remains, East Torrington'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, watermill and cultivation remains, East Torrington stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.