Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill

Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill

England
List entry 1007769
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007769
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.69 hectares
Grid reference
SX 12349 79868
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Cornwall comprising earthwork remains of medieval land division and settlement organization. The site preserves a boundary bank marking the demarcation between a medieval tenement holding and an associated open or common field, elements typical of the medieval agrarian landscape of southwest England. Dating to the medieval period, the monument represents the physical expression of manorial landholding and field systems that characterized rural settlement in this region during the Middle Ages. The earthwork survives as a testament to the practical agricultural arrangements and tenure patterns that structured medieval Cornish communities.

Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007769. View the official record →

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What is Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill?

Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill is a scheduled ancient monument in Cornwall comprising earthwork remains of medieval land division and settlement organization.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill?

Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill 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 1007769.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow group on Greenbarrow Downs (6.9 km), Medieval wayside cross at Blisland (7.1 km), St Protus's Cross, 330m east of Blisland church (7.1 km).

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Monuments
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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.
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The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
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The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill

Medieval tenement boundary with adjacent medieval field north of Dinnever Hill stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.