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Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement

England
List entry 1003921
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1003921
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
10.88 hectares
Grid reference
TL9476784072
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement is a deserted medieval village site located in Norfolk, England. The settlement represents occupation and agricultural activity from the medieval period, with archaeological evidence indicating settlement patterns typical of Norfolk's medieval landscape. The site survives as earthworks and surface features that document the layout and organisation of a medieval community, including the traces of former dwellings and field systems. Such deserted settlement sites are significant for understanding rural medieval life, economy, and the processes of settlement change and abandonment that characterised medieval Norfolk.

Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003921. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement?

Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement is a deserted medieval village site located in Norfolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003921.

Who is responsible for protecting Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement?

Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement 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 1003921.

What other scheduled monuments are near Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Rushford Heath 180m west of Peddar's Way (2.9 km), Rushford Bridge See also SUFFOLK 242 (3.6 km), Rushford Bridge See also NORFOLK 85 (3.6 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement

Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Thorpe Harling Medieval Settlement

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~8.8 milesCaistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~21.3 miles