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Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm

England
List entry 1017844
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017844
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.63 hectares
Grid reference
TL 18417 84578
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bruce's Castle is a moated site located immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm in Huntingdonshire, England. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat that formerly enclosed a residential precinct, representing a form of medieval domestic fortification common among the minor gentry and nobility during the later medieval period. The moat survives as a significant earthwork feature, indicating the former presence of a timber or stone-built structure within its defended enclosure, though the superstructure has not survived above ground. This monument type, characteristic of medieval Huntingdonshire, demonstrates the defensive aspirations and social status of its medieval occupants.

Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017844. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm?

Bruce's Castle is a moated site located immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm in Huntingdonshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017844.

Who is responsible for protecting Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm?

Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm 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 1017844.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Oak Grove, Coppingford (4.4 km), Monk's Hole barrow, 630m NNE of Monk's Wood Farm (4.7 km), Moated site at Coppingford (4.9 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site in Oak Grove, Coppingford
4.4 km
Monk's Hole barrow, 630m NNE of Monk's Wood Farm
4.7 km
Moated site at Coppingford
4.9 km
Hamerton Bridge
6.8 km
Duck Decoy site in Hermitage Wood
6.8 km
Footbridge at W end of village
7.6 km
Moat House moated site and fishponds, 150m north east of Rooks Grove
8.3 km
Alconbury Bridge
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm

Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bruce's Castle: moated site immediately east of Bruce's Castle Farm

Water NewtonRoman town · ~8.6 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~8.6 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~9.6 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~20 miles
Domesday entry for Conington, Huntingdonshire →
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