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Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way

England
List entry 1010907
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010907
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.7 hectares
Grid reference
TL 36712 35464, TL 36657 35490
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way is a medieval settlement monument located in Hertfordshire, England. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure, a defensive or high-status residential feature characteristic of medieval manorial settlements, alongside an associated hollow-way that would have served as a routeway through the landscape. The moated element and hollow-way together represent evidence of medieval land use and settlement patterning in the region, though the precise dating and historical occupation sequence of the site remain subjects for further archaeological investigation. Such moated sites were typically established from the twelfth century onwards, with many occupied into the early modern period.

Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010907. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way?

Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way is a medieval settlement monument located in Hertfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010907.

Who is responsible for protecting Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way?

Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way 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 1010907.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'The Mount' (4 km), Pain's End moated site. (4.1 km), Moated site, Little Cokenach (4.4 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

'The Mount'
4 km
Pain's End moated site.
4.1 km
Moated site, Little Cokenach
4.4 km
Anstey motte and bailey castle
4.5 km
Moated mound near Hale Farm
5.1 km
Hankins Moated Site, Roe Green
5.7 km
Moated mound at Cole Green near Brent Pelham
7.2 km
Bummers Hill: a bowl barrow 135m north-west of Mutfords Cottages
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way

Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Gannock Grove moated site and hollow-way

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~9.6 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~15.5 milesSt AlbansRoman town · ~22.7 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~22.9 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~24.8 miles
Domesday entry for Reed, Hertfordshire →
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