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Mavourn moated site is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire, comprising a moated enclosure alongside associated fishponds, field systems, and the remains of a deserted settlement. The site dates to the medieval period and represents a settlement pattern typical of rural England during the Middle Ages, when moated homesteads served both defensive and status-marking functions within the agricultural landscape. The moat itself encloses an area that would have contained domestic and possibly agricultural buildings, while the fishponds indicate the economic importance of aquaculture to the settlement's sustenance. The earthwork remains, including the banks and water-filled ditches of the moat and the linear features of the fishpond system, survive as substantial archaeological evidence of medieval rural occupation and land management practices.
Mavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010913. View the official record →
Mavourn moated site is a medieval monument located in Bedfordshire, comprising a moated enclosure alongside associated fishponds, field systems, and the remains of a deserted settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010913.
Mavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement 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 1010913.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barrow and mortuary enclosure 1100m WNW of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex (7.8 km), A barrow 400m north of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex (8 km), Two barrows 500m NE of Octagon Farm: part of a Neolithic and Bronze Age mortuary complex (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Mavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement 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.
Mavourn moated site, with associated fishponds, enclosures and deserted settlement site stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.