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A shrunken village is a settlement whose population and built extent have contracted significantly over time, leaving earthwork remains visible in the landscape. The Lincolnshire shrunken villages documented in the county's archaeological record typically date from the medieval period, with abandonment or contraction often occurring following the fourteenth-century Black Death or through later enclosure movements. Physical evidence usually comprises house platforms, field systems, and trackways preserved as earthworks or soil marks. These sites are valuable for understanding medieval settlement patterns, demographic change, and the agricultural transformations that reshaped the English countryside.
Shrunken village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004965. View the official record →
A shrunken village is a settlement whose population and built extent have contracted significantly over time, leaving earthwork remains visible in the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004965.
Shrunken 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 1004965.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman wall, ditch and gate adjoining and under The Park (5.5 km), Portion of Roman fosse and mound W of the Temple Gardens (5.6 km), Roman remains beneath Boots building (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shrunken 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 village stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.