Church Wilne Deserted Medieval Settlement, Derbyshire

Details are provided here of a project aimed at disseminating more widely the results of unpublished excavations of a deserted medieval village in the floodplain of the River Derwent at Church Wilne, Derbyshire (SK 449 318). These archaeological investigations were undertaken in 1974 and 1975 by the Trent Valley Archaeological Research Committee, assisted by funding from the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (England). This work was directed by Hazel Wheeler and conducted by TVARC staff and local volunteers. The small medieval village of Church Wilne was located on marginal land in the broad alluvial floodplain of the River Derwent, close to its confluence with the River Trent and several kilometres upstream of the confluence of the Trent with the Rivers Soar and Erewash. All that survives today is the parish church of St Chad's. This is an isolated building, located some 200m north of the modern river. The church may originally have been enclosed on three sides by a meander of the Derwent, the medieval course of which may be reconstructed from topographic, documentary, cartographic and excavation evidence. The last dwellings in the village were demolished in the 1960s, while the area adjacent to the church was converted after quarrying to a large reservoir (St Chad's Water) within a water sports centre.Three stages of post-excavation work were conducted between April 2009 and April 2014.

本项目旨在广泛传播英国德比郡查威尔恩（Church Wilne）德文特河（River Derwent）泛滥平原（坐标SK 449 318）一处废弃中世纪村落的未刊考古发掘成果，现将相关细节详述如下。此次考古发掘工作于1974至1975年间由特伦特河谷考古研究委员会（Trent Valley Archaeological Research Committee, TVARC）实施，并获得英格兰历史建筑与古迹委员会（Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission (England)）的经费资助。本次发掘工作由黑兹尔·惠勒（Hazel Wheeler）主持，TVARC工作人员及当地志愿者共同参与执行。该中世纪小型村落查威尔恩坐落于德文特河宽阔冲积泛滥平原的边缘地带，毗邻德文特河与特伦特河（River Trent）的汇流处，且位于特伦特河与绍尔河（River Soar）、埃雷沃什河（River Erewash）汇流点上游数公里处。如今该村落仅存圣查德堂（St Chad's）教区教堂。该教堂为独立遗存建筑，位于现今河道以北约200米处。通过地形、文献、制图及考古发掘证据可还原中世纪德文特河的河道走向，推测该教堂最初曾被德文特河的一处河曲三面环绕。该村落最后一批民居于20世纪60年代被拆除，教堂周边区域经采石作业改造后，成为水上运动中心内的大型水库——圣查德水潭（St Chad's Water）。考古发掘后整理工作共分为三个阶段，于2009年4月至2014年4月间完成。