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Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall

England
List entry 1020059
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020059
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.94 hectares
Grid reference
TL 63673 55622
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Medieval moated site situated 160 metres north-east of The Hall in Cambridgeshire is a scheduled ancient monument dating to the medieval period. The site is characterized by the remains of a moat, a water-filled defensive or status-defining ditch that typically surrounded a residential or manorial dwelling. Such moated sites are common throughout medieval England and represent the domestic centres of minor gentry, yeomen farmers, or other landholding families during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The precise construction date and original function of this particular moated enclosure cannot be determined from the historical record without further archaeological investigation, though its survival as an earthwork demonstrates its significance as evidence of medieval settlement and land use patterns in the Cambridgeshire landscape.

Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020059. View the official record →

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What is Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall?

The Medieval moated site situated 160 metres north-east of The Hall in Cambridgeshire is a scheduled ancient monument dating to the medieval period.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall?

Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall 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 1020059.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moat House moated site (2.7 km), Devil's Ditch, Reach to Woodditton (4.3 km), Moated site and associated garden immediately east of The Hall (4.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
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

Moat House moated site
2.7 km
Devil's Ditch, Reach to Woodditton
4.3 km
Moated site and associated garden immediately east of The Hall
4.6 km
Moat NW of village
5.1 km
Moated Sites, Earthworks, and Ponds at Kirtling Tower
5.3 km
Moated site at Yen Hall Farm
5.6 km
Four bowl barrows at Allington Hill, 420m south west of Allington Hill Farm
6.1 km
Moated site 300m north west of Hunts Park Farm
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall

Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site 160m north east of The Hall

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~11.4 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~12.1 milesGrimes GravesArchaeological site · ~24 miles
Domesday entry for Burrough, Cambridgeshire →
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