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A moated site 200m north east of St Peter's Church is a medieval defensive enclosure situated in Bedfordshire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat, a characteristic earthwork feature of the medieval period that would have surrounded a residential dwelling, likely of manorial status. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, with many established during the high medieval period as expressions of both practical defence and social prestige. The monument survives as an archaeological earthwork and represents a significant example of medieval settlement hierarchy and domestic fortification in the English countryside.
A moated site 200m north east of St Peter's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009401. View the official record →
A moated site 200m north east of St Peter's Church is a medieval defensive enclosure situated in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009401.
A moated site 200m north east of St Peter's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1009401.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks (4.1 km), Fishponds south east of Chalgrave Manor (5.7 km), Warren Knoll: a motte castle reused as a warren (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A moated site 200m north east of St Peter's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A moated site 200m north east of St Peter's Church stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.