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Great Lodge moated site at Higham Park in Northamptonshire is a medieval moated homestead, a defensive and residential earthwork typical of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. The site comprises a rectangular moat surrounding the house platform, a characteristic form of aristocratic and gentry settlement in medieval England that provided both practical water management and a degree of domestic security. The monument represents the material remains of a substantial medieval dwelling and its associated agricultural operations, preserving evidence of the settlement hierarchy and land use patterns of medieval Northamptonshire. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site retains considerable archaeological potential for understanding medieval domestic life and the evolution of rural settlement in the East Midlands.
Great Lodge moated site, Higham Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012327. View the official record →
Great Lodge moated site at Higham Park in Northamptonshire is a medieval moated homestead, a defensive and residential earthwork typical of the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012327.
Great Lodge moated site, Higham Park 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 1012327.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Castle Close (4.7 km), Wold Farm moated enclosure, Odell (5.7 km), Moated site with garden earthworks at Bletsoe Castle (7.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Great Lodge moated site, Higham Park'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 Lodge moated site, Higham Park stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.