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A moated site and fishpond in Howe Wood, 0.75 kilometres south-east of St Mary's Church, is a medieval settlement earthwork situated in Essex. The monument comprises a substantial moated enclosure with an associated fishpond, features typical of high-status medieval domestic or manorial occupation from approximately the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthworks remain visible as banks and ditches within the woodland setting, preserving evidence of the water management and defensive or status-marking characteristics of medieval settlement patterns in the region. Such moated sites are characteristic of medieval Essex and represent the physical remains of important local landholding and habitation during the later medieval period.
A moated site and fishpond in Howe Wood, 0.75km south-east of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013414. View the official record →
A moated site and fishpond in Howe Wood, 0.75 kilometres south-east of St Mary's Church, is a medieval settlement earthwork situated in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013414.
A moated site and fishpond in Howe Wood, 0.75km south-east of St Mary'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 1013414.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa at Chinnel Barn (3.7 km), Chiswick Hall moated site (4.7 km), Moated site 400m south-east of Shortgrove Hall (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of A moated site and fishpond in Howe Wood, 0.75km south-east of St Mary's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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A moated site and fishpond in Howe Wood, 0.75km south-east of St Mary's Church stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.