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Netherton medieval settlement earthworks

England
List entry 1001786
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1001786
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.13 hectares
Grid reference
SU 37495 57718, SU 37804 57601
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Netherton medieval settlement earthworks is a deserted medieval village site located in Hampshire, England. The earthworks comprise the remains of a former settlement that was inhabited during the medieval period, with visible surface features including house platforms, field boundaries, and other structural traces characteristic of abandoned medieval communities. The site preserves evidence of the settlement pattern and land use typical of Hampshire's medieval rural landscape. Such earthwork sites are significant for understanding medieval settlement organisation and the processes of village desertion that occurred in various parts of England during and after the medieval period.

Netherton medieval settlement earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001786. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Netherton medieval settlement earthworks?

Netherton medieval settlement earthworks is a deserted medieval village site located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001786.

Who is responsible for protecting Netherton medieval settlement earthworks?

Netherton medieval settlement earthworks 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 1001786.

What other scheduled monuments are near Netherton medieval settlement earthworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age enclosure and associated earthworks in the north east corner of Blagden Copse (5.2 km), Banjo enclosure, two barrows and associated field system in Blagden Copse (5.5 km), Fosbury camp (5.7 km).

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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Iron Age enclosure and associated earthworks in the north east corner of Blagden Copse
5.2 km
Banjo enclosure, two barrows and associated field system in Blagden Copse
5.5 km
Fosbury camp
5.7 km
Bowl barrow 610m east of Crux Easton Church
5.8 km
Bowl barrow 450m north of Cross Droves
6.1 km
Berisbury camp near Hampshire Gate
6.1 km
Long barrow 580m south-west of Woodcott Church
6.2 km
Bowl barrow 120m ESE of The Croft
7.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Netherton medieval settlement earthworks

Netherton medieval settlement earthworks stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Netherton medieval settlement earthworks

MildenhallRoman town · ~12.2 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~16.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~17.8 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~18.3 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~6.9 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~22.3 miles
Domesday entry for Linkenholt, Hampshire →
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