© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire comprising a moated enclosure with adjoining settlement remains and field systems. The moated site itself dates to the medieval period and represents a form of elite or manorial residence typical of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Associated earthworks including abandoned settlement features and ridge-and-furrow cultivation patterns survive in the vicinity, indicating the broader agricultural landscape and occupation history of the site. The combination of defensive or status-indicating moat, domestic settlement structures, and open-field agriculture provides evidence of medieval rural settlement organisation and land use in the county.
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 comprising a moated enclosure with adjoining settlement remains and field systems. 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).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks