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Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park

England
List entry 1011777
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011777
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.26 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 17129 21713
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

West Grinstead Park Moated Site is a medieval earthwork monument located in West Grinstead, Sussex. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moated enclosure, with water-filled ditches surrounding what would have been a residential or manorial platform, typical of medieval elite domestic settlements of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites are characteristic features of the medieval Sussex landscape and represent the homes of minor nobility or prosperous landholding families during the medieval period. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Weald.

Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011777. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park?

West Grinstead Park Moated Site is a medieval earthwork monument located in West Grinstead, Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011777.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park?

Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park 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 1011777.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and associated earthworks north west of West Wolves Farm, Ashington. (6.4 km), Roman building 200yds (180m) NW of Spring Copse (7.6 km), Section of Roman road north of Rock (8.6 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

Moated site and associated earthworks north west of West Wolves Farm, Ashington.
6.4 km
Roman building 200yds (180m) NW of Spring Copse
7.6 km
Section of Roman road north of Rock
8.6 km
Chanctonbury Ring hillfort and Romano-Celtic temples
10.1 km
Group of three saucer barrows and a pair of hlaews south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
10.2 km
Pair of hlaews 150m south east of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
10.2 km
Bowl barrow 200m west of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
10.3 km
Cross dyke 420m west of Chanctonbury Ring hillfort
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park

Medieval moated site in West Grinstead Park 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 in West Grinstead Park

ChichesterRoman town · ~21.9 milesFishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~23.4 milesBattle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~15.4 miles
Domesday entry for Shipley, Sussex →
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