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Shrunken medieval village is a deserted settlement site in Lincolnshire that represents the remains of a once-thriving medieval community. The site preserves earthwork evidence of former habitation including building platforms, closes, and field systems that document the layout and extent of the village before its abandonment or severe contraction, likely during the late medieval period when such settlements underwent significant demographic and economic change. The surviving topographical features provide valuable archaeological evidence of medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in the East Midlands region. The site is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a scheduled monument, reflecting its importance to understanding medieval village morphology and the processes of settlement shift that characterised the later medieval English landscape.
Shrunken medieval village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005483. View the official record →
Shrunken medieval village is a deserted settlement site in Lincolnshire that represents the remains of a once-thriving medieval community. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005483.
Shrunken medieval village 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 1005483.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Haceby moated site (2.3 km), Ring Dam medieval fishpond (2.4 km), Bowl barrow 400m south east of Moat Farm (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shrunken medieval village's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Shrunken medieval village stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.