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Half Moat Manor House is a moated site located in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, which represents a form of residential fortification characteristic of the medieval period. The monument comprises a moated enclosure with an associated leat, a water channel engineered to supply or drain the moat system, indicating the site's integration with managed water resources typical of high-status medieval domestic sites. The moated house would have served as both a residence and a defensive feature, reflecting the status and security concerns of its medieval occupants. Such moated sites proliferated across England during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, with Half Moat Manor House exemplifying this widespread building tradition in the Home Counties.
Half Moat Manor House, moated site and associated leat, Cheshunt. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012163. View the official record →
Half Moat Manor House is a moated site located in Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, which represents a form of residential fortification characteristic of the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012163.
Half Moat Manor House, moated site and associated leat, Cheshunt. 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 1012163.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Theobalds Palace, Waltham Cross (1.6 km), World War II Bofors Anti-aircraft gun platform 340m south east of Cheshunt railway station (2.4 km), Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Half Moat Manor House, moated site and associated leat, Cheshunt.'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.
Half Moat Manor House, moated site and associated leat, Cheshunt. stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.