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Hell Wood moated site and enclosure is a medieval monument located in Hertfordshire, comprising a moated homestead with associated earthwork features. The site dates from the medieval period, when moated enclosures served as defensive and status-affirming residences for rural landholders of moderate means. The moat and surrounding banks remain visible as earthwork traces within the woodland landscape, preserving evidence of domestic settlement organisation during the medieval centuries. Such sites are characteristic of English medieval settlement patterns and provide archaeological insight into medieval rural life and land use beyond the principal manorial centres.
Hell Wood moated site and enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010746. View the official record →
Hell Wood moated site and enclosure is a medieval monument located in Hertfordshire, comprising a moated homestead with associated earthwork features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010746.
Hell Wood 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 1010746.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Theobalds Palace, Waltham Cross (3.5 km), Waltham Abbey Royal Gunpowder Factory (3.5 km), Eleanor Cross, Waltham Cross (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hell Wood moated site and enclosure'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.
Hell Wood moated site and enclosure stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.