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Medieval moated site, East Sutton

England
List entry 1013081
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013081
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.8 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 82969 49311
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Medieval moated site, East Sutton is a scheduled ancient monument located in Kent, England, dating to the medieval period. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a form of domestic fortification common in medieval England, particularly from the twelfth century onwards. Moated sites such as this typically served as the defended residences of minor gentry or substantial farmers, combining practical water defences with status demonstration. The East Sutton example represents an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and social hierarchy in the Kentish landscape, preserving evidence of medieval occupation and land use practices in the county.

Medieval moated site, East Sutton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013081. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site, East Sutton?

Medieval moated site, East Sutton is a scheduled ancient monument located in Kent, England, dating to the medieval period.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site, East Sutton?

Medieval moated site, East Sutton 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 1013081.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site, East Sutton?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tower keep castle at Sutton Valence (1.5 km), Leeds Priory: Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St Nicholas with associated dovecotes and slype, and the site of the 18th century Meredith mansion (3.7 km), Medieval moated site, fishpond and paddock boundary, Coldbridge Farm, Egerton (5.7 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Tower keep castle at Sutton Valence
1.5 km
Leeds Priory: Augustinian Priory of St Mary and St Nicholas with associated dovecotes and slype, and the site of the 18th century Meredith mansion
3.7 km
Medieval moated site, fishpond and paddock boundary, Coldbridge Farm, Egerton
5.7 km
Sherway Bridge
6 km
Hollingbourne Second World War Zero Station
7.1 km
Medieval moated site, Ripple Manor
7.4 km
Building crop mark, possibly 'Corbier Hall'
8.2 km
Thurnham motte and bailey castle
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site, East Sutton

Medieval moated site, East Sutton stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site, East Sutton

RochesterRoman town · ~13.1 milesCanterburyRoman town · ~20.4 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~21.7 miles
Domesday entry for Sutton, Kent →
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