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Holt's Farm moated site is a medieval enclosed farmstead located in Essex, England. The site comprises a moat forming a roughly rectangular enclosure, a characteristic defensive and water management feature of medieval rural settlements dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. Moated sites of this type served as the domestic and agricultural centres of minor landholders and were common throughout Essex during the medieval period. The earthwork remains at Holt's Farm represent a well-preserved example of the modest fortified homesteads that characterised the medieval Essex countryside.
Holt's Farm moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011614. View the official record →
Holt's Farm moated site is a medieval enclosed farmstead located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011614.
Holt's Farm 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 1011614.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and fishpond east of Lashley Hall (1.3 km), The Mount: a motte castle in Stebbing Park (2.1 km), Medieval tile kilns S of Church End (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Holt's Farm moated site'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.
Holt's Farm moated site stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.