Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church

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Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains is a scheduled ancient monument consisting of earthwork features located to the west and south-east of All Saints' Church in Leicestershire. The site comprises ridge-and-furrow cultivation patterns and structural remains indicative of a medieval settlement with associated manorial gardens, evidence of the agricultural and domestic organisation of the medieval period. The earthworks represent the deserted or shrunken village landscape characteristic of Leicestershire, a county particularly rich in such remains from the medieval and early post-medieval periods. The site's preservation as earthworks provides valuable archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns, land use, and the transition in rural settlement that occurred in this region.

Petlinge medieval settlement and manorial garden remains 90m west and 160m south east of All Saints' Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017209. View the official record →

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