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Cottenham moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. The monument comprises a substantial moat enclosing a residential platform, typical of high-status medieval settlements from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites were common among the gentry and minor nobility of medieval England, serving both practical defensive purposes and as visible demonstrations of social status and land ownership. The Cottenham example represents an important example of medieval settlement archaeology in the East Anglian landscape.
Cottenham moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013882. View the official record →
Cottenham moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013882.
Cottenham 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 1013882.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Giant's Hill: a motte castle with part of an earlier medieval settlement and associated field system (1.8 km), Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor (2.8 km), Shrunken medieval village of Landbeach (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cottenham 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.
Cottenham moated site 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.