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Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place

England
List entry 1013266
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013266
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.14 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 48316 11414
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Laughton Place is a medieval moated site with Tudor-period ruins situated in Sussex, England. The monument preserves evidence of occupation spanning the medieval period through the Tudor era, with the moat itself representing a common feature of high-status medieval domestic settlement in southern England. The surviving ruins indicate substantial Tudor-period building activity on the site, suggesting the continued importance and development of the location during the sixteenth century. The combination of medieval earthworks and later structural remains provides archaeological evidence for the evolution of this aristocratic or gentry residence across several centuries.

Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013266. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place?

Laughton Place is a medieval moated site with Tudor-period ruins situated in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013266.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place?

Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place 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 1013266.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Burgh long barrow, Alfriston. (8.5 km), Bowl barrow, 870m NNE of Blackstone Barn (8.7 km), Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton (9.1 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Long Burgh long barrow, Alfriston.
8.5 km
Bowl barrow, 870m NNE of Blackstone Barn
8.7 km
Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton
9.1 km
Flint mines on Windover Hill, 140m WSW of The Long Man
9.9 km
A turf-cut hill figure known as The Long Man of Wilmington, 914m south-east of Acorn Barn
9.9 km
Long Barrow on Windover Hill
10 km
Pair of bowl barrows on Windover Hill, 170m south of The Long Man
10 km
Flint mines and part of a Romano-British trackway on Windover Hill, 180m ESE of The Long Man
10.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place

Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site and Tudor ruins, Laughton Place

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~5.3 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~16.6 miles
Domesday entry for Stockingham, Sussex →
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