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Great Garnetts moated site is a medieval enclosed settlement located near Loughton in Essex. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat which encloses an area typical of high medieval domestic occupation, likely dating to the twelfth or thirteenth century. Such moated sites were characteristic features of the medieval Essex landscape, serving both as defensive structures and as status symbols for landholding families of middling rank. The monument survives as earthwork remains and represents an important example of medieval settlement archaeology in the Home Counties.
Great Garnetts moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011651. View the official record →
Great Garnetts moated site is a medieval enclosed settlement located near Loughton in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011651.
Great Garnetts 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 1011651.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa 450m west of Bury Farm (3.4 km), Canfield Castle and associated moated enclosure (4.1 km), Pleshey Castle and town enclosure (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Great Garnetts 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.
Great Garnetts moated site stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.