SWAAG member Stephen Eastmead supplied the image above to Historic England for its official scheduled-monument listing of the medieval settlement and field system of Walburn in lower Swaledale.
According to the listing, the monument includes earthwork and buried remains located in the shallow valley of Gill Beck and alongside Crowhill Gill to the east of Walburn Hall. The village layout follows the pattern of planned settlements built by the Normans during the late 11th and 12th centuries. It is known that at least two properties in the village were held by Ellerton Abbey. Also included in the listing are upstanding ruins and below-ground remains of a high-status medieval house and associated structures.
For the Historic England listing click: Medieval settlement and field system at Walburn Hall, Walburn – 1019102 | Historic England.
