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Dagnam Park Farm moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located at Noak Hill in the parish of Romford, Essex. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding what would have been the residential and agricultural core of a medieval farmstead, representing a form of settlement organisation typical of the medieval period in southern England. Such moated sites, of which Essex contains a particularly rich concentration, served both defensive and drainage functions whilst denoting the status of their occupants as substantial landholders. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains a significant indicator of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the locality.
Dagnam Park Farm moated site, Noak Hill, Romford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001988. View the official record →
Dagnam Park Farm moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located at Noak Hill in the parish of Romford, Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001988.
Dagnam Park Farm moated site, Noak Hill, Romford 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 1001988.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Watton Farm (3.2 km), Section of Roman road on Gidea Park golf course (3.4 km), Slight univallate hillfort 300m west of Calcott Hall Farm (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dagnam Park Farm moated site, Noak Hill, Romford'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.
Dagnam Park Farm moated site, Noak Hill, Romford stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.