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Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm

England
List entry 1018967
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018967
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.52 hectares
Grid reference
TM 51382 87943
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gisleham Manor moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately four hundred metres south west of White House Farm near Gisleham in Suffolk. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure, a common form of medieval domestic settlement in East Anglia, typically dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat itself survives as a substantial water-filled ditch surrounding the former manorial homestead, preserving in its earthwork form evidence of medieval land use and settlement hierarchy. Such moated sites represent important archaeological records of medieval rural settlement patterns and manorial organisation in eastern England.

Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018967. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm?

Gisleham Manor moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located approximately four hundred metres south west of White House Farm near Gisleham in Suffolk.

Who is responsible for protecting Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm?

Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House 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 1018967.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 200m south west of Bell Farm (1.6 km), Wade Hall moated site (4.8 km), St Andrew's Church (remains of) (7.6 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site 200m south west of Bell Farm
1.6 km
Wade Hall moated site
4.8 km
St Andrew's Church (remains of)
7.6 km
Moated site at Blundeston Hall
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm

Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Gisleham Manor moated site, 400m south west of White House Farm

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~20 miles
Domesday entry for Gisleham, Suffolk →
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