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Biggin Wood moated enclosure is a medieval earthwork monument located near Tempsford in Bedfordshire. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure, a form of defensive or status-marking settlement typical of the medieval period, particularly from the 12th to 16th centuries. The earthwork survives as a visible archaeological feature within the woodland landscape, preserving evidence of the domestic or manorial occupation that characterised such enclosed settlements in medieval England. The monument is recorded in the Bedfordshire Historic Environment Record and represents an important surviving example of the moated sites that were once common across the English Midlands and East Anglia.
Biggin Wood moated enclosure, Tempsford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012451. View the official record →
Biggin Wood moated enclosure is a medieval earthwork monument located near Tempsford in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012451.
Biggin Wood moated enclosure, Tempsford 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 1012451.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sandy Lodge promontory fort (5.2 km), Probable Romano-Celtic Temple and Aligned Enclosures at Biggleswade Common (5.7 km), Bronze Age Round Barrow and Later Settlement on Biggleswade Common (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Biggin Wood moated enclosure, Tempsford'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.
Biggin Wood moated enclosure, Tempsford stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.