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England, East Riding of Yorkshire

Argam deserted Wolds village

Ghost town Documented sitePermission required

What you could find

Reported finds from this ground.

Coins and tokensCoins and tokens
Buttons and bucklesButtons and buckles
Sea potterySea pottery

Also reported: strap ends.

Photos via Wikimedia Commons: West Yorkshire Archaeology Advisory Service, Amy Downes, (CC BY-SA 2.0), Unknown (Public domain), NPS (Public domain).

Why this spot

Domesday village depopulated by the end of the Middle Ages

Domesday village with a church of St John the Baptist still recorded in 1318, depopulated by the end of the Middle Ages, possibly for sheep farming. It is absent from tax records after the 15th century and had no buildings by 1632.View source →

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