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Great Loyes moated site and fishpond

England
List entry 1008979
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008979
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.63 hectares
Grid reference
TL 77420 15896
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Great Loyes moated site and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure with associated fishpond, typical of high-status domestic settlements of the medieval period. Moated sites of this type were commonly established during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served both defensive and prestige functions for their occupants. The survival of both the moat and fishpond indicates the former significance of the settlement as a place of some importance within the medieval landscape.

Great Loyes moated site and fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008979. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Great Loyes moated site and fishpond?

Great Loyes moated site and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008979.

Who is responsible for protecting Great Loyes moated site and fishpond?

Great Loyes moated site and fishpond 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 1008979.

What other scheduled monuments are near Great Loyes moated site and fishpond?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Blunts Hall ringwork (3.6 km), Cressing Temple (3.7 km), Gubbion's Hall moated site (4.3 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Blunts Hall ringwork
3.6 km
Cressing Temple
3.7 km
Gubbion's Hall moated site
4.3 km
Henge 300m ENE of Newbarns Farm
4.3 km
Moated site and two fishponds at Black Notley churchyard, 20m east of St Peter's and St Paul's Church
5 km
Hatfield Priory
5.4 km
Roman villa, Anglo-Saxon hall, cemetery and church site, around and to the north and east of St Mary and All Saints Church
5.8 km
Wickham Bishops timber trestle railway viaduct
6.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Great Loyes moated site and fishpond

Great Loyes moated site and fishpond stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Great Loyes moated site and fishpond

ColchesterRoman town · ~15 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~23.8 milesBattle of Maldon 991Battle (991) · ~8.6 miles
Domesday entry for Fairstead, Essex →
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