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Shrunken Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft Farm is a deserted medieval settlement in Wiltshire. The site represents the remains of a former agricultural community that contracted or was abandoned during the medieval period, leaving visible earthwork traces in the landscape. Such shrunken settlements are significant for understanding patterns of medieval rural settlement, land use, and the demographic changes that affected English villages from the eleventh century onwards. The earthworks at Paxcroft preserve evidence of former dwelling sites and field systems that document the economic life of this small community before its desertion.
Shrunken Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1442589. View the official record →
Shrunken Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft Farm is a deserted medieval settlement in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1442589.
Shrunken Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft 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 1442589.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House (8.1 km), Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down (8.4 km), Bowl barrow: one of three round barrows on Four Hundred Down (8.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shrunken Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft 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 Settlement of Paxcroft to east of Lower Paxcroft Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.