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Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor

England
List entry 1005212
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005212
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
15.89 hectares
Grid reference
TA 06937 51324
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rotsea medieval settlement and field system is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 600 metres south-east of Rotsea Manor in Yorkshire. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement together with associated open field cultivation patterns, representing the agricultural and domestic landscape of the medieval period. The monument preserves evidence of the organisation and layout of medieval rural life, including the arrangement of tofts and crofts characteristic of planned or semi-planned settlements of this era. The survival of both settlement structures and field boundaries as earthworks makes this site significant for understanding the historic development of the Yorkshire landscape and medieval land use practices.

Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005212. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor?

Rotsea medieval settlement and field system is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately 600 metres south-east of Rotsea Manor in Yorkshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor?

Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea 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 1005212.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barf Hill moated site (4.8 km), Site of Watton Gilbertine priory, two possible medieval archery butts and Civil War earthworks (4.9 km), Hayholme moated site (5.1 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Barf Hill moated site
4.8 km
Site of Watton Gilbertine priory, two possible medieval archery butts and Civil War earthworks
4.9 km
Hayholme moated site
5.1 km
Market cross
6.1 km
Iron Age barrow 400m south east of Station Farm
6.4 km
Site of deserted village of Sunderlandwick
6.9 km
Moated site 310m north east of Scorborough church
7.8 km
Moated site 550m south east of Scorborough Hall
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor

Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Rotsea medieval settlement and field system, 600m south east of Rotsea Manor

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~20.5 miles
Domesday entry for Rotsea, Yorkshire →
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