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College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond

England
List entry 1012074
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012074
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.73 hectares
Grid reference
TL 07088 61546
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire. The moated site represents a form of residential enclosure characteristic of the medieval period, when such water-filled ditches served both defensive and status-affirming functions around high-status dwellings. The associated fishpond indicates the economic importance of aquaculture to the medieval estate. The combination of moat, banked enclosure, and fishpond demonstrates the integrated management of a medieval manor's resources and landscape.

College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012074. View the official record →

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What is College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond?

College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012074.

Who is responsible for protecting College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond?

College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond 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 1012074.

What other scheduled monuments are near College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thurleigh churchyard cross (3.7 km), Bury Hill Camp: a motte and bailey castle with three fishponds (3.7 km), Mavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement site (3.9 km).

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Monuments
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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
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Civil War
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Geology
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LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Thurleigh churchyard cross
3.7 km
Bury Hill Camp: a motte and bailey castle with three fishponds
3.7 km
Mavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement site
3.9 km
Blackburn Hall moated site, associated fishponds and quarries
4.1 km
Manor Farm moated enclosure, fishponds and fowling earthworks
4.8 km
Moated site with garden earthworks at Bletsoe Castle
5.5 km
Yarl's Wood hermitage and moated site
6.4 km
Shrunken medieval village at Milton Ernest, Bedfordshire
6.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond

College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond 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 College Farm moated site and associated banked enclosure and fishpond

IrchesterRoman town · ~10 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~12.2 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~22.2 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~23.2 miles
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