PRN 43548 Calcethorpe was depopulated and the church taken down by about 1450 (see 40696 for church). In 1563 there were 4 or 7 families.{1} The area of the site was reduced to about 6ha by illegal levelling in 1977 whilst the site was protected by an interim preservation notice. It was mainly strip fields that were lost.{2}{3} There are indications of house platforms, streets and ridge and furrow round the village. On the east side there is a marked rectangular enclosure. {2} The settlement and field system remains extend beyond the scheduled area. {6}