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Garmondsway is a hamlet which includes the substantial remains of an abandoned village in County Durham. The village is visible as a series of well preserved earthen banks standing to over two feet high, forming at least 13 rectangular enclosures. Many of these enclosures, which are orientated east-west and measure 160 feet across, are sub-divided and contain gardens and yards. It is within the council area of County Durham. More...
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008666.
Place Type: Deserted Village
Historic County: Durham
Lat, Long: 54.706716,-1.4718152
Grid Reference: NZ 3413 3476
Civil Parish: Kelloe CP
Council Area: County Durham CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Durham PA
GBPN ID: 299756
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Garmondsway,_Durham_299756
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At the extreme eastern end of most of the plots there are the buried foundations of a rectangular long house, a type of house occupied by the majority of village residents. The houses and plots are bounded on the west by a prominent hollow way 20 feet wide which runs the entire length of the village. A second hollow way is visible running along the eastern boundary of the site, onto which the majority of the houses face. The western half of the monument contains a fragment of the adjacent mediæval field system and is visible as 12 substantial ridges, orientated north-south, each 21 feet wide.
Its name is derived from Garmundus the Dane, and the ancient Via Garmundi which passes through it. King Canute walked five miles barefoot along it to the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham on pilgrimage.
It was formerly part of the extra-parochial chapelry of Garmondsway Moor due to its ownership by Sherburn Hospital and became a scheduled monument in 1957.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1008666.
Place Type: Deserted Village
Historic County: Durham
Lat, Long: 54.706716,-1.4718152
Grid Reference: NZ 3413 3476
Civil Parish: Kelloe CP
Council Area: County Durham CA
Strategic Authority Area: North East SA
Police Area: Durham PA
GBPN ID: 299756
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Garmondsway,_Durham_299756
Peruse Durham on WikishireAt the extreme eastern end of most of the plots there are the buried foundations of a rectangular long house, a type of house occupied by the majority of village residents. The houses and plots are bounded on the west by a prominent hollow way 20 feet wide which runs the entire length of the village. A second hollow way is visible running along the eastern boundary of the site, onto which the majority of the houses face. The western half of the monument contains a fragment of the adjacent mediæval field system and is visible as 12 substantial ridges, orientated north-south, each 21 feet wide.
Its name is derived from Garmundus the Dane, and the ancient Via Garmundi which passes through it. King Canute walked five miles barefoot along it to the shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham on pilgrimage.
It was formerly part of the extra-parochial chapelry of Garmondsway Moor due to its ownership by Sherburn Hospital and became a scheduled monument in 1957.