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Hoddesdon Park Wood moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a form of fortification common in medieval England, particularly among the gentry and minor nobility from the twelfth century onwards. The moat itself survives as a substantial water-filled ditch surrounding the residential platform, evidence of the site's importance as a protected domestic settlement during the medieval period. Such moated sites served both practical defensive purposes and as visible symbols of status and territorial control within the medieval landscape.
Hoddesdon Park Wood moated site, Hoddesdon is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013659. View the official record →
Hoddesdon Park Wood moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013659.
Hoddesdon Park Wood moated site, Hoddesdon 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 1013659.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Perrior's Manor moated site and fishpond (3 km), Hell Wood moated site and enclosure (3.5 km), Half Moat Manor House, moated site and associated leat, Cheshunt. (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hoddesdon Park Wood moated site, Hoddesdon'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.
Hoddesdon Park Wood moated site, Hoddesdon stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.