A TYPICAL DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE SITE WITH A RECTANGULAR PATTERN OF SUNKEN ROADS AND RAISED HOUSE PLATFORMS. ONE ENCLOSURE STICKS INTO THE MEDIEVAL RIDGE AND FURROW SYSTEM AND IS ALMOST CERTAINLY THE SITE OF THE CHURCH AND CHURCHYARD. THIS BUILDING HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY ROBBED. THE VILLAGE WAS DESERTED IN THE LATE 14TH CENTURY AS A RESULT OF THE RETREAT OF AGRICULTURE FROM THE MARGINAL LANDS OF THE WOLDS. NORTH CADEBY HAD MORE THAN 50% RELIEF AFTER THE BLACK DEATH AND HAD FEWER THAN 10 LANDHOLDERS IN 1428. {1} THE EARTHWORKS ARE DIFFICULT TO INTERPRET ON THE GROUND. {2}, AREA 3.8H, LENGTH 350M, WIDTH 110M, HTM 76M