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Stonton Wyville is a deserted medieval village site in Leicestershire containing well-preserved earthwork remains of former settlement features, including fishponds and a mill leat that served the community. The site dates to the medieval period and represents a settlement pattern that was eventually abandoned, leaving behind the physical traces of medieval land use and water management infrastructure. The fishponds and mill leat demonstrate the agricultural and milling economy that supported the village, with the mill leat particularly indicating the harnessing of water power for grain processing. These earthwork features survive as important archaeological evidence of medieval settlement organisation and the relationship between communities and their landscape resources.
Medieval village earthworks, fishponds and mill leat at Stonton Wyville is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017616. View the official record →
Stonton Wyville is a deserted medieval village site in Leicestershire containing well-preserved earthwork remains of former settlement features, including fishponds and a mill leat that served the community. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017616.
Medieval village earthworks, fishponds and mill leat at Stonton Wyville 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 1017616.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval manorial earthworks and gardens 140m south of Manor House (2.7 km), Chapel immediately north west of Manor House (2.9 km), Kibworth Harcourt post mill (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval village earthworks, fishponds and mill leat at Stonton Wyville'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 earthworks, fishponds and mill leat at Stonton Wyville stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.