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Dode Black Death village and church

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

Norman church village emptied by the Black Death

Village whose church was built on a man-made mound between 1087 and 1100, in an area with Roman-period occupation. It was wiped out by the Black Death in 1349 and the church stood empty for centuries.View source →

Before you go

Hazards noted for this site.

narrow lane access

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