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Medieval moated site at Share Farm

England
List entry 1017546
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017546
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.33 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 71558 39288
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Medieval moated site at Share Farm is a monument consisting of a substantial water-filled moat enclosing an irregularly shaped enclosure, situated in Kent. The site dates from the medieval period and represents a defensive domestic settlement of the kind characteristic of the later medieval countryside, when such water-filled enclosures served both practical and status-bearing functions for landholding families. The moat remains substantially intact as an archaeological feature, preserving evidence of medieval land use and settlement patterns within the county. Such moated sites are recognised as important indicators of medieval social hierarchy and the distribution of rural settlement across the English landscape.

Medieval moated site at Share Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017546. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site at Share Farm?

The Medieval moated site at Share Farm is a monument consisting of a substantial water-filled moat enclosing an irregularly shaped enclosure, situated in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017546.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site at Share Farm?

Medieval moated site at Share 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 1017546.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site at Share Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ringwork in Castle Wood, immediately south west of Little Knowle (4.2 km), A quadrangular castle and 16th/17th century manor house known as Old Scotney Castle, set in a 19th century landscaped garden (4.9 km), Moated site immediately west of Furnace Farm (5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ringwork in Castle Wood, immediately south west of Little Knowle
4.2 km
A quadrangular castle and 16th/17th century manor house known as Old Scotney Castle, set in a 19th century landscaped garden
4.9 km
Moated site immediately west of Furnace Farm
5 km
The site of Bedgebury Furnace, 100m south east of Furnace Farm
5.1 km
Laddingford Bridge near Yalding
9.9 km
The remains of the Romano-British ironworks site to the north of Bardown Oast Farm
11.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site at Share Farm

Medieval moated site at Share 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 at Share Farm

RochesterRoman town · ~18.3 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~15 miles
Domesday entry for Hazelhurst, Sussex →
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