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Hartley Court moated site and enclosure

England
List entry 1018576
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018576
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.26 hectares
Grid reference
SU 94618 85688
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hartley Court moated site and enclosure is a medieval monument located in Buckinghamshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a characteristic defensive feature of the medieval period, which would have served to protect a dwelling and its associated buildings. The moated site represents the residential and domestic arrangements of the medieval period, likely dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, when such water-surrounded enclosures were common amongst gentry and substantial landholders in southern England. The monument survives as an important archaeological resource for understanding medieval settlement patterns and the organisation of medieval domestic space in the county.

Hartley Court moated site and enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018576. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hartley Court moated site and enclosure?

Hartley Court moated site and enclosure is a medieval monument located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018576.

Who is responsible for protecting Hartley Court moated site and enclosure?

Hartley Court moated site and enclosure 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 1018576.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hartley Court moated site and enclosure?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches. (1 km), East Burnham animal pound (2 km), Moated site in Bower Wood, 560m south west of Bower Wood Cottages (2.9 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
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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

Slight univallate hillfort at Seven Ways Plain, Burnham Beeches.
1 km
East Burnham animal pound
2 km
Moated site in Bower Wood, 560m south west of Bower Wood Cottages
2.9 km
Templars' site at Moat Farm, Hedgerley
4 km
Bowl barrow in Stoke Park Playing Field, 400m south of Stoke Park House
4.2 km
Saxon barrow, church and cemeteries in the old churchyard at Taplow Court
5.3 km
Bulstrode Park camp
5.3 km
Moated site at Cippenham Court
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hartley Court moated site and enclosure

Hartley Court moated site and enclosure stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Hartley Court moated site and enclosure

St AlbansRoman town · ~17.7 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~23.5 milesLondonRoman town · ~23.8 milesSilchesterRoman town · ~23.8 miles
Domesday entry for East Burnham, Buckinghamshire →
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