Monument record M4644 - SHRUNKEN VILLAGE OF WEST MARKHAM

Summary

SHRUNKEN VILLAGE (Medieval)

Location

Grid reference Centred SK 72061 72670 (340m by 557m)
Map sheet SK77SW
District Bassetlaw
Civil Parish West Markham, Bassetlaw

Map

Type and Period (1)

Full Description

Extensive earthworks of ponds, house platforms and ridge and furrow. (1)
The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of the deserted areas of West Markam medieval settlement, a moated site and a sample of the associated open field system…first documented in the Domesday Book of 1086 where it is recorded that the village, at that time was called ‘Westmarcham’. The monument survives as a series of earthworks and buried remains to the south of the church. (3)
Morph: 155.1.1 field system, 155.2.1 toft, 155.2.2 platform, 155.3.1ditch, 155.3.2 moat. (4)
See Element records for descriptions of the various areas - NB only parts are scheduled.


Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP ARC35

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP ARC33

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP ARC36

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

DNR 844/6

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

DNR 844/8

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCX 94.155/4

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CCX 94.155/5

Data Held: Aerial Photograph (Aerial photograph). SNT2645.

CUCAP ARC34

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

2 colour slide, CS 18,19; 2 colour print, CP 33,35 (F2/2,3

<1> Riley DN, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1194.

Other Refs: 844/3,7,13,16, 847/8 (NLAP SK 7272/1,2,5,9,10)

<2> Cox CD, 1994, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT588.

Other Refs: C94.24/2-8

<3> English Heritage, 1998, Schedule Entry, SAM 29930 (Unknown). SNT1771.

<4> RCHME, National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data (Unknown). SNT1470.

Sources/Archives (13)

  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Aerial photograph: Data Held: Aerial Photograph.
  • --- Ground photograph: Data Held: Ground Photograph.
  • <1> Aerial photograph: Riley DN. Air photos.
  • <2> Aerial photograph: Cox CD. 1994. Air photos.
  • <3> Unknown: English Heritage. 1998. Schedule Entry, SAM 29930.
  • <4> Unknown: RCHME. National Mapping Programme, Notts - Morph Data.

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Record last edited

Jan 19 2023 7:34PM

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