Possible site of Hermitage at Hermitage, Little Packington

Description of this historic site

The possible site of a Medieval hermitage which was situated 100m north of Hermitage Farm.

Notes about this historic site

1 A hermitage is said to have been built at Little Packington parish by Hemeric, incumbent temp. Henry I (1100-1135).
2 The moated site at Hermitage Farm (PRN 416) is possibly the site of the hermitage but the size and spread of the remaining earthworks also suggests a later occupation.