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Bundish Hall moated site

England
List entry 1017170
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017170
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.16 hectares
Grid reference
TL 55227 05735
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bundish Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Essex, England, consisting of the substantial remains of a moat that once enclosed a residential or manorial holding. The site dates to the medieval period, representing a common form of defensive and status-conscious settlement layout characteristic of the 12th to 16th centuries. The moated enclosure survives as a visible earthwork feature, preserving evidence of domestic occupation and land organisation typical of medieval Essex farmsteads and minor manor houses. Such moated sites reflect the medieval practice of surrounding high-status or significant agricultural holdings with water-filled ditches for both practical and symbolic purposes.

Bundish Hall moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017170. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bundish Hall moated site?

Bundish Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Essex, England, consisting of the substantial remains of a moat that once enclosed a residential or manorial holding. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017170.

Who is responsible for protecting Bundish Hall moated site?

Bundish Hall moated site 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 1017170.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bundish Hall moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 90m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (0.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
0.7 km
Bowl barrow 90m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
0.7 km
Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common
0.8 km
Ongar Castle
2.6 km
Moated site known as Spriggs
4.9 km
A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt
5 km
Moated site immediately east of the Old Rectory
5 km
Moated site at Fingrith Hall Farm
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bundish Hall moated site

Bundish Hall moated site stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Bundish Hall moated site

LondonRoman town · ~20.7 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~23.4 miles
Domesday entry for Shelley, Essex →
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