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Remains of Exceat parish church is a scheduled monument comprising the archaeological traces of a medieval parish church within the deserted settlement of Exceat in East Sussex. The site lies approximately 690 metres south-southwest of Westdean Manor and represents part of a wider medieval landscape now largely abandoned. The church dates to the medieval period and its remains survive as earthworks and buried deposits that provide evidence of the settlement's former religious and communal functions. Like much of Exceat village, the church site reflects the broader pattern of settlement desertion that affected the Sussex downlands, with the parish eventually becoming depopulated.
Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019283. View the official record →
Remains of Exceat parish church is a scheduled monument comprising the archaeological traces of a medieval parish church within the deserted settlement of Exceat in East Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019283.
Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor 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 1019283.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Newbarn Bottom, 450m east of Foxhole (0.6 km), Napoleonic Barracks 480m south-west of Foxhole Farm, Cuckmere Haven (1 km), Dewpond (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Remains of Exceat parish church: part of the former medieval settlement of Exceat, 690m south south west of Westdean Manor stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.