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Dunge moated site is a medieval enclosed settlement located in Wiltshire, England. The site comprises a substantial moat defining a roughly rectangular enclosure, characteristic of the moated homesteads that became widespread throughout southern England from the twelfth century onwards. Such monuments typically served defensive and status-signalling functions for the rural gentry and prosperous peasantry during the medieval period. The moat at Dunge remains a visible earthwork feature that preserves evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the county.
Dunge moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013084. View the official record →
Dunge moated site is a medieval enclosed settlement located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013084.
Dunge 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 1013084.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Strip lynchets south of Bigbury Wood (8.2 km), Battlesbury Camp Monuments: hillfort, settlement, cemetery, barrows, enclosure, and field systems (8.6 km), Middleton Down long barrow (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dunge 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.
Dunge moated site stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.