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The Double moat and fishpond at Queenbury is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hertfordshire. The site comprises two distinct moated enclosures with associated fishponds, features characteristic of high-status medieval settlements dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthworks demonstrate the landscape management practices and defensive or status-marking strategies typical of manorial sites during the medieval period. Such double-moated complexes are relatively uncommon and suggest occupation by a family of considerable local importance.
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010754. View the official record →
The Double moat and fishpond at Queenbury is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010754.
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury 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 1010754.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'The Mount' (3.6 km), Pain's End moated site. (4.8 km), Moated site, Little Cokenach (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury'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.
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.