Medieval moated site and post-medieval gardens at Cressy Hall

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History & significance

Cressy Hall is a scheduled ancient monument in Lincolnshire comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval moated enclosure together with post-medieval garden features. The moated site, which dates to the medieval period, represents a form of defensive and prestigious domestic settlement characteristic of the medieval gentry and minor nobility. The monument retains visible banks and ditches that define the moated enclosure, with subsequent alterations and garden developments reflecting the site's continued occupation and modification into the post-medieval era. The survival of both the moat earthworks and associated garden features provides evidence of settlement hierarchy and landscape management across several centuries of occupation.

Medieval moated site and post-medieval gardens at Cressy Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019526. View the official record →

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