More information : Centred NZ 3415 3480. Supposed camp [NR]. (1)
The township of Garmondswaymoor `must be identified with the place called Via Garmundi'. (2-2a)
At Garmondsway there is no village only some scattered farmholds. (3)
The deserted Medieval village of Garmondsway identified. The earthworks lie on the northern slope of a hill and form a good example of a deserted Medieval village. They consist of rectangular plots running E-W bounded by lynchet banks on the N and S sides, and by a bank on the E and W ends. At the eastern extremity of nearly every plot there is a small rectangular enclosure, banked on each side, obviously denoting the buried remains of a building. The depression in the centre of each of these smaller enclosures is filled with nettles. The lynchets have an average height of 1 m and
some stones can be seen in the banks. The whole is under pasture except for a small portion at the northern extremity which has been ploughed, but the features are still identifiable. The incidence of the ridge and furrow has been indicated on the 25" illustration card 2. (4)
Scheduled. (5)
Visible on APs. (6)
As described by Authority 4. Survey at 1:2500. (7)
Deserted Medieval village of Garmondsway (site of) (NAT). (8)
No change. Published 1:2500 survey correct. (9)
Existing survey revised by RCHME during a project on scheduled monuments in County Durham.
As described by Authority 4. The earthworks to the north of the quarry road are badly abraided; one bank has gone entirely except for the faint traces of a ditch on its east side. The quarry road is on a causeway built up about 1.5 m above ground level. To the south of the quarry road the earthworks are very well preserved, standing up to 0.6 m high and in some places more. The ridge-and-furrow to the west of the village crofts consists of twelve ridges, each up to 6.5 m wide. The fields to the east and west have been cultivated and no further traces of ridge-and-furrow survive. There seems to be no evidence for the contention (10a) that the village was symmetrical with a second group of tofts and crofts to the east. A hollow way now forms the east boundary of the site. Some chronological depth is suggested by a bank which overlies this hollow way at NZ 3420 3485 and also by alterations in the property boundaries. Buildings occupy the east parts of the properties, typically with one building lying along the frontage and others set back and aligned on the long axis of the property.
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NZ 3413 3476. Deserted medieval village & field system at Garmondsway. Scheduled RSM No 20969.
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The site described by authorities 1 - 11 has been mapped for the Durham Magnesian Limestone Durham NMP project.
The deserted Medieval settlement of Garmondsway is visible as earthworks on air photographs, with a small part of the northern section of the site destroyed by ploughing. The site consists of a series of tofts, crofts, banks, boundary banks/ditches and mounds, the site is centred at NZ 3417 3478.
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