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Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm is a deserted settlement monument located in Somerset, England. The site represents a medieval village that underwent significant contraction, leaving visible earthwork remains of former occupation and the ridge and furrow field patterns that characterised the agrarian landscape surrounding the settlement. The shrunken village, like many similar settlements across England, reflects the demographic and economic changes that affected rural communities during the medieval period and beyond, particularly the population movements and agricultural shifts of the later medieval centuries. The surviving earthworks and field systems preserve important archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Somerset countryside.
Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008186. View the official record →
Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm is a deserted settlement monument located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008186.
Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm 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 1008186.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Shiplate Slait (1.2 km), Bowl barrow on Shiplate Slait (1.2 km), Churchyard cross in St Andrew's churchyard (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shrunken medieval village of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm'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 of Christon and associated field system 200m north of Manor Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.