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Caxton Moats is a medieval moated site located approximately 750 metres north-west of Caxton Hall in Cambridgeshire. The monument comprises a substantial moated enclosure associated with fishponds and a warren, features typical of high-status medieval settlement and estate management. The site dates to the medieval period and represents the physical infrastructure of a prosperous manorial establishment, with the moat serving both defensive and water management purposes whilst the fishponds and warren demonstrate the economic activities and resource exploitation characteristic of medieval aristocratic landholding. The earthwork remains survive as an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and landscape use in Cambridgeshire.
Caxton Moats: a medieval moated site and associated fishponds and warren, 750m north west of Caxton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015202. View the official record →
Caxton Moats is a medieval moated site located approximately 750 metres north-west of Caxton Hall in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015202.
Caxton Moats: a medieval moated site and associated fishponds and warren, 750m north west of Caxton Hall 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 1015202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Pastures Farm (1.4 km), Bourn Windmill (1.8 km), Moated site at Manor Farm (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Caxton Moats: a medieval moated site and associated fishponds and warren, 750m north west of Caxton Hall's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Caxton Moats: a medieval moated site and associated fishponds and warren, 750m north west of Caxton Hall stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.