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Name:Rempstone Shrunken Village
HER Number:M7879
Type of record:Monument
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Summary - not yet available

Monument Types

  • SHRUNKEN VILLAGE? (Med-P Med, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1779 AD)

Full description

Med deserted village. (1)
Bank, part of "ring of village" NWB enclosure award 1769. (2)
Earthworks, probably representing "back lane" and ditches and banks between individual crofts. (3)
Boundary ditches visible on APs. (4)
Many plots in arund the village contain earthworks of various types, including many probable building platforms, within the area defined by the "ring" (M21). (5)
Grid ref centred.
See M20 - church site, M240 - fishpond.


Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

2 colour print, 6/37,7/9, (F48/7, 49/2), SMR

<1> Beresford M and Hurst JG, 1971, Deserted Medieval Villages: Studies, p 201 (Published document). SNT477.

<2> Barley MW, 1957, Nottm Med Studies, p 77 (Published document). SNT263.

<3> EMAB eds, 1961, East Midlands Archaeological Bulletin, p 15 (Published document). SNT155.

<4> RAF, undated, Air Photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1160.

Other Refs: 27/8/1945 106G/UK734/4233-4

<5> TPAT, 1996, Village Earthwork Survey III (Published document). SNT1361.

Related records

M21Parent of: "Village Ring", Rempstone (Monument)
L7880Parent of: Banks and hollows, Rempstone village (Element)
L7881Parent of: Banks and mounds, Rempstone village (Element)
L7931Parent of: Building platform near centre of Rempstone village (Element)
L7930Parent of: Building platforms to SW of Rempstone village (Element)
L8980Parent of: Earthwork complex, Rempstone (Element)
L7879Parent of: Earthworks, Rempstone village (Element)
L7932Parent of: Embankment in Rempstone village (Element)
M240Parent of: Fish pond, Rempstone (Monument)
L7884Parent of: Hollow and mound, Rempstone (Element)
L8979Parent of: Quarry hollows etc, Rempstone (Element)
L7883Parent of: Ridge and furrow and possible building platforms, Rempstone (Element)