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Marlin Chapel Farm moated site is a medieval enclosed homestead located in Hertfordshire, England. The monument comprises a rectangular moat that would have surrounded a farmstead dwelling and its associated agricultural buildings, a settlement pattern characteristic of the medieval period in southern England. Moated sites of this type typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and represent the domestic and economic centres of farming communities. The Marlin Chapel Farm example survives as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of medieval rural settlement and land management practices in the county.
Marlin Chapel Farm moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009583. View the official record →
Marlin Chapel Farm moated site is a medieval enclosed homestead located in Hertfordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009583.
Marlin Chapel 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 1009583.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hawridge Court ringwork (1.9 km), Large multivallate hillfort known as Cholesbury Camp (3.4 km), Moated site at Grove Farm, Ashley Green (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Marlin Chapel 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.
Marlin Chapel Farm moated site stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.