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Down Hall Gatehouse is a fortified gatehouse structure located in Cambridgeshire, dating to the medieval period. The building exemplifies domestic and defensive architecture of its era, with characteristic features typical of gatehouses that controlled access to manorial or estate properties. The gatehouse survives as a notable example of medieval architectural planning and construction, preserving evidence of the settlement hierarchy and land management systems of medieval Cambridgeshire. Its designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological and historical importance as a surviving structure from the region's medieval landscape.
Down Hall Gatehouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006911. View the official record →
Down Hall Gatehouse is a fortified gatehouse structure located in Cambridgeshire, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006911.
Down Hall Gatehouse 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 1006911.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End (6.7 km), Triple ditches at Galley Hill (6.8 km), Bowl barrow 1km south-west of Heath Farm: part of the round barrow cemetery on Deadman's Hill (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Down Hall Gatehouse'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.
Down Hall Gatehouse stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.