Scheduled MonumentsEnglandArdeley Bury moated site and fishpond

Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond

England
List entry 1012450
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012450
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.67 hectares
Grid reference
TL 30133 27098
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hertfordshire. The site comprises the remains of a moated enclosure with an associated fishpond, typical of high-status medieval settlement patterns in England. The moat and pond features are preserved as earthwork banks and hollows that survive in the landscape, providing evidence of medieval agricultural and domestic organisation. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument and contributes to understanding of medieval settlement hierarchy and land management in the region.

Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012450. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond?

Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012450.

Who is responsible for protecting Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond?

Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond 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 1012450.

What other scheduled monuments are near Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Walkern Bury ringwork (1.1 km), Moor Hall: a moated manorial site and associated earthworks immediately north-east of Moor Green (2.6 km), The Island: a moated site 500m south-east of Flanders Green (3.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond

Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.