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Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure of medieval date, likely serving as the residential and agricultural focus of a manorial holding, together with associated settlement features and field systems that reflect the organisation of the medieval landscape. The earthworks preserve evidence of medieval occupation and land use patterns, contributing to understanding of rural settlement hierarchy and agricultural practice in the county during the medieval period. Such moated sites were characteristic of the medieval English countryside, particularly in central and eastern regions, and typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries.
Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012915. View the official record →
Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012915.
Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks 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 1012915.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Totternhoe Castle: a motte and bailey castle, medieval quarries and cultivation terraces (5 km), Park Farm moated site, deer park and fishponds (5.6 km), Site of Roman villa E of church (6.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks'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.
Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.