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Manor Farm moat

England

List entry 1006390

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1006390

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.66 hectares

Grid reference

SK 65403 90842

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Manor Farm moat is a medieval earthwork monument situated in Nottinghamshire, consisting of a substantial water-filled or seasonally wet ditch that once surrounded a domestic settlement. The moat dates from the medieval period, likely between the 12th and 16th centuries, and represents a form of defensive and status-conferring feature common to manorial sites of this era. The earthwork survives as a visible archaeological feature that provides evidence of settlement patterns and land use during the medieval period in the East Midlands. Such moated sites were typically associated with the residences of minor nobility, gentry, or substantial farmers seeking to demarcate and protect their holdings.

Manor Farm moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006390. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Manor Farm moat?

Who is responsible for protecting Manor Farm moat?

Manor Farm moat 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 1006390.

What other scheduled monuments are near Manor Farm moat?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman fort and a section of Roman road 350m north west of Holly House Farm (2 km), Market cross (2.1 km), Manor Holt moated site (4.2 km).

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Monuments

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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

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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.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman fort and a section of Roman road 350m north west of Holly House Farm

2 km

Market cross

2.1 km

Manor Holt moated site

Mattersey Priory Gilbertine monastery: monastic precinct.

5.1 km

Blyth New Bridge

5.2 km

Moated site and fishpond east of Misson village

5.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Manor Farm moat

Manor Farm moat stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Manor Farm moat

LincolnRoman town · ~23.2 miles

Domesday entry for Scrooby, Nottinghamshire →

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