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Howbury moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Kent, England. The site consists of a substantial moat surrounding a residential platform, a characteristic defensive and status-signifying feature of medieval manorial settlements dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Moated sites of this type were common among the gentry and minor nobility of south-eastern England, serving both practical and symbolic functions as expressions of lordship and territorial control. The Howbury example remains visible as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land organisation in the Kentish landscape.
Howbury moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001986. View the official record →
Howbury moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001986.
Howbury 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 1001986.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote at Hawley Manor (5.1 km), Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park (5.3 km), Faesten Dic, a medieval frontier work in Joydens Wood (5.6 km).
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