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Headstone Manor moated site

England
List entry 1005558
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005558
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.97 hectares
Grid reference
TQ1406889670
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Headstone Manor moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Harrow, Middlesex, comprising a substantial rectangular moat that once enclosed a residential and agricultural complex. Dating from the twelfth or thirteenth century, the site represents a significant example of a moated homestead of the type common among the minor gentry and substantial landholders of medieval England. The moat survives as a substantial topographical feature, enclosing an area that would have contained a manor house and associated domestic and working buildings within its banks. The site has considerable archaeological potential as an almost intact medieval landscape feature, with the moat's survival indicating the former importance and permanence of the settlement it protected.

Headstone Manor moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005558. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Headstone Manor moated site?

Headstone Manor moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Harrow, Middlesex, comprising a substantial rectangular moat that once enclosed a residential and agricultural complex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005558.

Who is responsible for protecting Headstone Manor moated site?

Headstone Manor 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 1005558.

What other scheduled monuments are near Headstone Manor moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pinner deer park, Pinner Park Farm (1.6 km), Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane (2.5 km), Grim's Ditch: section N of Blythwood House (2.7 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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pinner deer park, Pinner Park Farm
1.6 km
Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane
2.5 km
Grim's Ditch: section N of Blythwood House
2.7 km
Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse
3.6 km
Park Pale, Ruislip
4.7 km
Ruislip motte and bailey
5.4 km
Northolt Manor, moated site
5.7 km
Iron Age settlement on Horsenden Hill, Greenford
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Headstone Manor moated site

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

The wider landscape

Around Headstone Manor moated site

St AlbansRoman town · ~10.9 milesLondonRoman town · ~12.7 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~8.1 miles
Domesday entry for Harrow, Middlesex →
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