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Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site

England
List entry 1017554
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017554
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.27 hectares
Grid reference
SE 91099 14442
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site is a deserted medieval settlement located in Lincolnshire, England. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a former village settlement together with a moated enclosure, indicative of a manorial centre that was likely occupied during the medieval period. The visible archaeological features preserve evidence of the settlement's layout and social structure, with the moat representing a defensive or status-marking feature typical of medieval manor houses. Like many rural settlements in the Midlands, Sawcliffe appears to have been depopulated during the later medieval period, leaving behind these earthwork remains as a record of medieval rural life and landscape use.

Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017554. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site?

Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site is a deserted medieval settlement located in Lincolnshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017554.

Who is responsible for protecting Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site?

Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site 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 1017554.

What other scheduled monuments are near Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby (0.7 km), Money Field Roman site, Dragonby (0.8 km), Flixborough Saxon nunnery and site of All Saints medieval church and burial ground (3.5 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthwork remains of St Bartholomew's Church, High Risby
0.7 km
Money Field Roman site, Dragonby
0.8 km
Flixborough Saxon nunnery and site of All Saints medieval church and burial ground
3.5 km
Thornholme Augustinian priory
5.6 km
Bronze Age bowl barrow, Anglo-Saxon settlement and medieval manorial settlement
6.5 km
Raventhorpe medieval settlement earthworks immediately south west of Raventhorpe Farm
6.9 km
Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, 450m north east of Mere Farm
7 km
Countess Close moated site
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site

Sawcliffe medieval village and moated site stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

Domesday entry for Sawcliffe, Lincolnshire →
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