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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 →
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.
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.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Ardeley Bury moated site and fishpond stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.