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Somerton village earthworks is a scheduled ancient monument located in Oxfordshire that preserves evidence of medieval settlement patterns. The site comprises an array of ridge-and-furrow cultivation remains and associated settlement features that indicate occupation and land management practices from the medieval period. The earthworks demonstrate the physical layout of a nucleated village community, with visible traces of former property boundaries, house platforms, and the organisation of agricultural land characteristic of the High or Late Medieval period. These earthworks represent an important archaeological record of rural settlement development and village structure in the English Midlands region.
Somerton village earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004826. View the official record →
Somerton village earthworks is a scheduled ancient monument located in Oxfordshire that preserves evidence of medieval settlement patterns.
Somerton village earthworks 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 1004826.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Somerton Manor House; earthworks and remains of hall (0.4 km), Turf Maze at Troy Farm (2.5 km), Tithe Barn (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Somerton village earthworks'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.
Somerton village earthworks stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.