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Ernesford Grange moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located at Binley in Warwickshire. The monument consists of a moated platform with associated earthwork features characteristic of high medieval domestic settlement, typical of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served as the defended homesteads of minor gentry and prosperous farmers, providing both practical water management and symbolic demarcation of high-status residence. The survival of the moat's earthwork form makes this site valuable for understanding the settlement patterns and social organisation of medieval Warwickshire.
Ernesford Grange moated site, Binley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014046. View the official record →
Ernesford Grange moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located at Binley in Warwickshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014046.
Ernesford Grange moated site, Binley 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 1014046.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman fort at The Lunt (3.5 km), Baginton Castle, associated settlement remains, ponds and mill sites (4.1 km), Pit alignments N of Bubbenhall village (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ernesford Grange moated site, Binley'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.
Ernesford Grange moated site, Binley stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.