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Greensbury Farm moated site

England
List entry 1009577
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009577
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.46 hectares
Grid reference
TL 07356 59014
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Greensbury Farm moated site is a medieval settlement in Bedfordshire, designated as an ancient monument and recorded on the National Heritage List for England. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a form of defensive or status-indicating earthwork common in medieval England, particularly from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites typically enclosed the residential and agricultural buildings of a manorial holding or substantial farmstead. The earthworks at Greensbury Farm survive as a visible monument to medieval rural settlement patterns and land management practices in the East Midlands region.

Greensbury Farm moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009577. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Greensbury Farm moated site?

Greensbury Farm moated site is a medieval settlement in Bedfordshire, designated as an ancient monument and recorded on the National Heritage List for England.

Who is responsible for protecting Greensbury Farm moated site?

Greensbury Farm 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 1009577.

What other scheduled monuments are near Greensbury Farm moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A barrow 1000m NW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex (9.1 km), Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex 600m NW of Octagon Farm (9.1 km), Barrow and mortuary enclosure 1100m WNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex (9.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

A barrow 1000m NW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex
9.1 km
Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex 600m NW of Octagon Farm
9.1 km
Barrow and mortuary enclosure 1100m WNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex
9.2 km
A barrow 400m north of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex
9.3 km
Two barrows 500m NE of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex
9.3 km
Medieval lime kiln off Castle Lane
9.5 km
Bedford Castle motte and bailey
9.5 km
'The Docks' moated site and dock, Willington
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Greensbury Farm moated site

Greensbury Farm moated site stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Greensbury Farm moated site

IrchesterRoman town · ~10.8 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~12.9 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~23 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Bolnhurst, Bedfordshire →
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