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Chapel Farm moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Suffolk, England. The site consists of a substantial rectangular moat surrounding what would have been the domestic and agricultural core of a medieval settlement, typical of the moated homesteads that proliferated across East Anglia during the medieval period. Such moated sites served as status symbols and defensive features for the minor gentry and substantial farmers of the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries, providing both practical water management and a measure of protection for the resident household and its moveable assets. The earthwork survives as a significant archaeological monument preserving evidence of medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in East Anglia.
Chapel Farm moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006050. View the official record →
Chapel Farm moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006050.
Chapel Farm 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 1006050.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Great Bricett moated site (1.4 km), Moated site known as Offton Castle (3 km), Moated site at Naughton Hall (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Chapel Farm moated site's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Chapel Farm moated site stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.