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Moat Farm is a medieval moated site with associated post-medieval ice-house located in Sussex, England. The moated enclosure represents a form of defensive settlement dating to the medieval period, when such water-filled ditches served both practical and status-conscious functions for landholding families. The later ice-house, constructed in the post-medieval era, indicates the site's continued occupation and adaptation to changing agricultural and domestic practices. The combination of these two features demonstrates the evolution of settlement use across several centuries of English rural history.
Medieval moated site and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013061. View the official record →
Moat Farm is a medieval moated site with associated post-medieval ice-house located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013061.
Medieval moated site and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat 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 1013061.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn (2 km), Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn (2 km), Riverhall blast furnace (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval moated site and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat Farm'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 and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat Farm stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.