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Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow

England
List entry 1488940
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1488940
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.68 hectares
Grid reference
TL0901973237
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Catworth moated manorial complex is a medieval settlement site in Huntingdonshire comprising a moated enclosure and associated ridge and furrow earthworks. The moated feature, characteristic of medieval manorial organisation, served defensive and status functions typical of the 12th to 16th centuries. The surrounding ridge and furrow represents the arable field system that sustained the settlement and its dependent agricultural community. The site survives as an important example of the physical landscape of medieval rural settlement and land use in the East Midlands.

Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1488940. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow?

Catworth moated manorial complex is a medieval settlement site in Huntingdonshire comprising a moated enclosure and associated ridge and furrow earthworks. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1488940.

Who is responsible for protecting Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow?

Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow 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 1488940.

What other scheduled monuments are near Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stow Cross (2.9 km), Earthworks SE of church (3.4 km), Spaldwick Bridge (3.7 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stow Cross
2.9 km
Earthworks SE of church
3.4 km
Spaldwick Bridge
3.7 km
Site of old manor house at Keyston
4.9 km
Two post mill mounds 560m and 660m north west of St John the Baptist's Church
5.6 km
Motte castle in Kimbolton Park, known as Castle Hill
5.9 km
Moated site and shrunken medieval village at Winwick
7.8 km
Hamerton Bridge
8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow

Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow 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 Catworth moated manorial complex with associated ridge and furrow

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~9.9 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~11.5 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~14.8 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~17.4 miles
Domesday entry for Catworth, Huntingdonshire →
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