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The medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, located approximately 400 metres north-east of Kingstanding Farm in Oxfordshire, is a scheduled ancient monument that represents a defensive or status-conferring earthwork associated with medieval settlement. The moat survives as an interrupted ditch forming an enclosure, characteristic of the moated homesteads that became prevalent in England from the twelfth century onwards, though many examples date to the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. Such monuments typically enclosed the residential and domestic quarters of minor landholders or gentry, with the water-filled ditch serving both practical and symbolic functions within the medieval hierarchy. The survival of the moat as an earthwork demonstrates the enduring physical legacy of medieval land-holding patterns in the Oxfordshire landscape.
Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008400. View the official record →
The medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, located approximately 400 metres north-east of Kingstanding Farm in Oxfordshire, is a scheduled ancient monument that represents a defensive or status-conferring earthwork associated with medieval settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008400.
Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding 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 1008400.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pair of Bronze Age bowl barrows 150m north of Roustage Wood (4.1 km), Pair of confluent bowl barrows 200m SSW of Bockett's Corner on Leigh Hale Plain (5.2 km), Pain's Farm bowl barrow 30m south of Pain's Farm Cottages (5.7 km).
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