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Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill

England
List entry 1012913
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012913
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.63 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 51876 22524
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warren Farm moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located at Shepherd's Hill in Sussex. The monument comprises a substantial water-filled or formerly water-filled moat that encloses an irregular platform, typical of moated homesteads constructed during the medieval period. Such sites served both defensive and status-conferring functions for minor gentry and substantial farmers, with the moat providing protection against casual intrusion and livestock. The Warren Farm example represents the form of rural settlement hierarchy characteristic of the High and Late Medieval periods in southern England, when moated sites proliferated across the landscape as markers of social standing and territorial organisation.

Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012913. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill?

Warren Farm moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located at Shepherd's Hill in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012913.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill?

Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill 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 1012913.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pounsley iron furnace (1.2 km), Iron plat furnace (2.6 km), Medieval settlement site in Buxted Park (3.5 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
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Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Pounsley iron furnace
1.2 km
Iron plat furnace
2.6 km
Medieval settlement site in Buxted Park
3.5 km
Little forge
3.5 km
Medieval ringwork in Middle Wood
4.2 km
Hendall Furnace, 390m north-west of Hendall Manor Farmhouse
5.8 km
Medieval moated site with adjacent late medieval Pondbay, Walsh Manor, Crowborough
6.1 km
Oldlands furnace
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill

Medieval moated site, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill 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, Warren Farm, Shepherd's Hill

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~10.2 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~14.9 miles
Domesday entry for Etchingwood, Sussex →
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