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Medieval village and field system remains immediately east of Haycroft is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork traces of a medieval settlement and its associated agricultural landscape. The site preserves ridge and furrow field patterns typical of the open field farming systems that characterised the medieval English countryside, along with settlement features indicating the layout of the former village. Dating to the medieval period, these remains demonstrate the organisation of both domestic and agrarian space in a rural Cheshire community. The earthworks survive as buried or low-relief features in the present-day topography, providing archaeological evidence of land use, settlement structure, and agricultural practice during the medieval era.
Medieval village and field system remains immediately east of Haycroft is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018821. View the official record →
Medieval village and field system remains immediately east of Haycroft is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork traces of a medieval settlement and its associated agricultural landscape.
Medieval village and field system remains immediately east of Haycroft 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 1018821.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Promontory fort east of Peckforton Mere (1.3 km), Beeston Castle; medieval enclosure castle and site of late prehistoric hillfort (2.7 km), Beeston cast iron lock (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval village and field system remains immediately east of Haycroft'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 village and field system remains immediately east of Haycroft stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.