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The Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks in Nottinghamshire is a palimpsest monument combining occupation and settlement activity spanning from the Roman period through the medieval era. The site preserves the remains of a Romano-British villa from the early imperial period, overlain by later medieval features including a substantial moat defining a manorial enclosure, village earthworks representing former domestic settlement, and six fishponds arranged within the wider landscape. The fishponds, characteristic of medieval aristocratic landholding, demonstrate the intensification of the site's exploitation during the later medieval period. The surviving archaeological earthworks provide evidence of continuity and change in land use and settlement patterns across more than a thousand years of English history.
Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008215. View the official record →
The Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks in Nottinghamshire is a palimpsest monument combining occupation and settlement activity spanning from the Roman period through the medieval era. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008215.
Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds 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 1008215.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Margidunum Roman Station (1.9 km), Henge 850m south east of Foss Road Farm (2.6 km), Bingham medieval settlement, immediately west of Carnarvon School (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds'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.
Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.