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The medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, located 400 metres north-east of Kingstanding Farm in Oxfordshire, is a scheduled ancient monument that represents the defensive and status-marking earthwork of a medieval residential site. The moat, a water-filled or water-retaining ditch, would have enclosed a dwelling and associated structures, indicating the presence of a manorial or gentry residence during the medieval period. Such moated sites were characteristic of medieval settlement patterns across southern England, serving both practical and symbolic functions within the feudal landscape. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and contributes to the understanding of medieval settlement distribution and domestic organisation in the Oxfordshire region.
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 400 metres north-east of Kingstanding Farm in Oxfordshire, is a scheduled ancient monument that represents the defensive and status-marking earthwork of a medieval residential site.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm'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.
Medieval moat surrounding High Lodge, 400m north east of Kingstanding Farm stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.