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Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place

England
List entry 1018592
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018592
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.53 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 53338 37615
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Groombridge Place is a moated site of medieval origin located in Kent, England. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular moat which formerly enclosed a residential complex, evidence of the settlement pattern and defensive considerations typical of high-status medieval properties. The site dates from the medieval period, with the moat representing investment in both practical water management and the demonstration of social status characteristic of the period. The earthwork remains visible in the landscape today and forms part of the archaeological heritage of the Weald region.

Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018592. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place?

Groombridge Place is a moated site of medieval origin located in Kent, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018592.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place?

Medieval moated site, Groombridge 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 1018592.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn (2.9 km), Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn (2.9 km), Medieval moated site and adjoining fishponds, Blackham Court. (3.2 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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn
2.9 km
Prehistoric rock shelters and a multivallate hillfort at High Rocks, 309m ESE of High Rocks Inn
2.9 km
Medieval moated site and adjoining fishponds, Blackham Court.
3.2 km
Medieval moated site and post-Medieval ice-house, Moat Farm
4.7 km
Castle mound
5.4 km
Crowborough Forge, 160m south-east of Forest Lodge Cottage
6.1 km
Hillfort and 19th century folly on Saxonbury Hill
6.4 km
Crowborough Warren furnace, 648m SSW of Forest Lodge Farm
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place

Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated site, Groombridge Place

RochesterRoman town · ~23.2 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~18.3 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~19.2 miles
Domesday entry for Hartfield, Sussex →
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