Site of Deserted Medieval Settlement at 'Old Town', Warmington.

Description of this historic site

The site of a Medieval deserted settlement. A hollow way and ridge and furrow cultivation are visible as earthworks. This might be the deserted settlement of Warmington 'Old Town'. The site is located on the north west edge of Warmington.

Notes about this historic site

1 The field known as Goosebanks shows a curving, rudimentary hollow way with earthworks on either side, and banks which may represent a back lane. The field is a probable candidate for Warmington ‘Old Town’ which was marked on Henry Beighton’s map of Kineton Hundred. It agrees exactly with Beighton’s location. Ridge and furrow survives in surrounding fields.
2 The field was being levelled out by earth moving. The holloway has been filled in with earth from another part of the field. More agricultural buildings were being erected. The field opposite remained intact and contained further DMV earthworks and ridge and furrow.
3 Beighton’s map is not sufficiently accurate to be certain that these earthworks relate to ‘Old Town’. See PRN 613 for a possible alternative site.
5 This field is covered with ridge and furrow and Medieval settlement is not likely.

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