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Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School, is a 13th or 14th-century defensive or manorial enclosure located in Middlesex. The monument comprises a moat, a water-filled ditch that formerly surrounded a raised platform or island, a standard feature of medieval aristocratic and higher-status domestic sites throughout England during the medieval period. Such moated sites served both practical defensive purposes and as visible expressions of social status and land ownership. The site is recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the heritage protection system.
Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001972. View the official record →
Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School, is a 13th or 14th-century defensive or manorial enclosure located in Middlesex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001972.
Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School 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 1001972.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks at Old Park (1 km), Flash Road aqueduct (3.2 km), Moated site, Camlet Moat, Moat Wood (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School'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 moated site, 408m ENE of Highland's School stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.