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Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm

England
List entry 1013079
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013079
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.85 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 85456 29450
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lowden Farm is a medieval moated site located in Kent, England, with an associated hythe or landing place that reflects the site's historical importance as a riverine settlement. The moated enclosure is characteristic of medieval manorial settlements and would have served defensive and prestige functions typical of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The presence of the adjacent hythe indicates the site's connection to water transport and commerce, suggesting it occupied a position of some significance within the local medieval economy. The monument survives as earthworks that document the layout and scale of this former settlement.

Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013079. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm?

Lowden Farm is a medieval moated site located in Kent, England, with an associated hythe or landing place that reflects the site's historical importance as a riverine settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013079.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm?

Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden 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 1013079.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Toll Saxon burgh and medieval fort (1.1 km), Medieval moated site, Palstre Court (3 km), Newenden Bridge See also KENT 41 (3.1 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
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Castle Toll Saxon burgh and medieval fort
1.1 km
Medieval moated site, Palstre Court
3 km
Newenden Bridge See also KENT 41
3.1 km
Newenden Bridge See also EAST SUSSEX 489
3.1 km
Paved ford crossing the line of the Roman road at Iden Green
6 km
Medieval moated site and adjoining fishpond, Moat Farm
7.1 km
Roman site on W edge of Little Farningham Wood
7.8 km
Rye town walls
11.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm

Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site and adjacent hythe, Lowden Farm

Battle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~10.9 miles
Domesday entry for Newenden, Kent →
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