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Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head

England
List entry 1004122
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004122
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
30.58 hectares
Grid reference
SD 89617 62989, SD 89732 63012, SD 89375 63341, SD 89181 63114
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head is a complex of archaeological remains situated in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises evidence of medieval settlement activity associated with field systems marked by lynchets, which are terraced banks created through repeated ploughing on sloping ground over successive generations. The remains date to the medieval period and represent the landscape management practices and habitation patterns characteristic of rural Yorkshire during this era. The physical evidence of both settlement and agricultural organisation provides insight into the economic and social structure of the medieval community that occupied this location.

Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004122. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head?

Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head is a complex of archaeological remains situated in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004122.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head?

Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head 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 1004122.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn (5.9 km), Round barrow 400m south west of Crane Field Laithe (6.1 km), Crane Field round barrow (6.2 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn
5.9 km
Round barrow 400m south west of Crane Field Laithe
6.1 km
Crane Field round barrow
6.2 km
Round barrow north of Moor Syke, Crane Field
6.4 km
Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves
6.9 km
Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn
7.7 km
Icehouse in Coniston Hall Park, 390m south east of Coniston Hall
7.8 km
Enclosure on Steeling Hill
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head

Medieval settlements and lynchets extending NW from Town Head stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Malham, Yorkshire →
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