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Gesyns is a moated site located approximately 600 metres south-east of Elms Farm near Cambridgeshire. The monument comprises a residential enclosure surrounded by a water-filled ditch system, a common defensive and status-marking feature of medieval settlement. Such moated homesteads were typically established during the high medieval period, particularly from the twelfth century onwards, serving as the fortified residences of minor gentry or substantial farmers. The site's survival as an earthwork monument provides archaeological evidence of medieval land management and social hierarchy in the English countryside.
Gesyns: moated site 600m south east of Elms Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017885. View the official record →
Gesyns is a moated site located approximately 600 metres south-east of Elms Farm near Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017885.
Gesyns: moated site 600m south east of Elms Farm 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 1017885.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including All Saints' Church, remains of (1.1 km), Lidgate Castle and C16 Fortified Manorial Complex (3.5 km), Moated Sites, Earthworks, and Ponds at Kirtling Tower (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gesyns: moated site 600m south east of Elms Farm'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.
Gesyns: moated site 600m south east of Elms Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.