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John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm

England
List entry 1010865
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010865
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
8.08 hectares
Grid reference
TL 32533 45185
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

John o'Gaunt's House is a motte and bailey castle situated approximately 300 metres north-east of Haygate Farm in Cambridgeshire. The site comprises an earthwork mound characteristic of Norman military architecture, accompanied by a moated enclosure that reflects medieval defensive practices. The monument is documented as dating to the medieval period, though the precise chronology of its construction and occupation remains a matter of archaeological record. The site represents a significant example of small-scale feudal fortification within the Cambridgeshire landscape, with its earthworks surviving as visible archaeological features.

John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010865. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm?

John o'Gaunt's House is a motte and bailey castle situated approximately 300 metres north-east of Haygate Farm in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010865.

Who is responsible for protecting John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm?

John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm 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 1010865.

What other scheduled monuments are near John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks 100m south of Tuthill Farm (7.9 km), Highley Hill bowl barrow (8.2 km), Bowl barrow 550m north east of Slip End Farm (8.3 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks 100m south of Tuthill Farm
7.9 km
Highley Hill bowl barrow
8.2 km
Bowl barrow 550m north east of Slip End Farm
8.3 km
Triple ditches at Galley Hill
8.6 km
Bowl barrow 1km south-west of Heath Farm: part of the round barrow cemetery on Deadman's Hill
8.6 km
Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End
8.7 km
Moated site, Goodfellows.
9.7 km
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm

John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around John o'Gaunt's House: a motte castle and moated site 300m NE of Haygate Farm

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~11.1 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~11.5 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~16.5 miles
Domesday entry for Bassingbourn, Cambridgeshire →
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