Hutton Magna Medieval Settlement

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This monument showcases buried and earthwork remnants of part of the medieval community of Hutton Magna, situated to the north, south, and west of the present churchyard and immediately south east of the manor house known as Hutton Hall. The settlement is visible as the remains of a series of rectangular structures in long house form, placed around parts of three sides of an open space, interpreted as a large, roughly rectangular village green. More than one phase of community development is believed to be represented by the remnants at Hutton Magna. At the time of the Domesday Survey in 1086, Hutton Magna, then known as Hotune or Huttone, was described as having six geld carucates (plough teams). In a document of 1254 the manor contained a capital messuage, dovecote, brewhouse, and a water mill. The rectangular structures are visible as three distinct groups of earthworks interpreted as the foundations of medieval long houses, associated yards, and enclosures.