Scheduled MonumentsEnglandBradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House

Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House

England
List entry 1011298
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011298
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.55 hectares
Grid reference
SP 83005 39619
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bradwell Bury is a moated site and associated manor house remains located at Moat House in Bradwell, Buckinghamshire. The monument comprises the earthwork remains of a medieval moat and platform, which once enclosed and defended a residential structure, typical of high-status settlement in the medieval period. The site represents the physical remains of a manorial holding, reflecting the settlement hierarchy and land organisation of medieval Buckinghamshire. The moat and its associated features survive as earthwork evidence, preserving important archaeological and historical information about domestic and social arrangements within the medieval landscape.

Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011298. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House?

Bradwell Bury is a moated site and associated manor house remains located at Moat House in Bradwell, Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011298.

Who is responsible for protecting Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House?

Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House 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 1011298.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 150m west of Loughton Manor (2.3 km), A medieval manorial complex comprising a twin moated site, fishpond and associated earthworks 750m west of St Mary's Church (3.1 km), The Toot: a motte and bailey castle and later manorial complex 450m south west of St Mary's Church (3.2 km).

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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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Historical Maps
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House

Bradwell Bury: a moated site and associated manor house remains at Moat House stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.