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Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse

England
List entry 1013034
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013034
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.4 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 05037 35290
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wildwood Copse is a medieval moated site with an associated pillow mound located in Surrey, England. The moated enclosure represents a form of residential settlement characteristic of the medieval period, when such water-filled ditches served both defensive and status-signifying functions for the inhabitants. The adjacent pillow mound, a distinctive ridge-like earthwork, likely dates to the same period and may have served as a rabbit warren or similar productive landuse feature. Together, these monuments provide evidence of medieval land management and settlement patterns in the Surrey landscape.

Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013034. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse?

Wildwood Copse is a medieval moated site with an associated pillow mound located in Surrey, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013034.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse?

Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse 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 1013034.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site west of Vachery Farm (2.3 km), Ringwork in Broomhall Copse (2.8 km), Drungewick Manor moated site (4.7 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval moated site west of Vachery Farm
2.3 km
Ringwork in Broomhall Copse
2.8 km
Drungewick Manor moated site
4.7 km
Hascombe Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north west of Lodge Farm
5.6 km
Wephurst glass house, site of
6.5 km
Holmbury Camp: a small multivallate hillfort north of Three Mile Road
9.4 km
Romano-British temple and enclosure on Farley Heath
9.7 km
Large univallate hillfort at Felday
11.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse

Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site and associated pillow mound, Wildwood Copse

ChichesterRoman town · ~22.3 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Hambledon, Surrey →
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