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The Medieval moated site with associated fishponds at Flower Lane is a scheduled ancient monument situated in Surrey, comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval residential enclosure surrounded by a water-filled moat alongside contemporary fish-rearing ponds. The monument dates to the medieval period, with the moated homestead representing a typical form of high-status settlement common amongst the gentry and minor nobility of southern England between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. The fishponds, which occupy the surrounding landscape, demonstrate the importance of freshwater fish farming as both a food source and expression of medieval elite status. The site survives as buried and earthwork archaeology, preserving evidence of medieval domestic and agricultural practice in the Surrey landscape.
Medieval moated site with associated fishponds, Flower Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012786. View the official record →
The Medieval moated site with associated fishponds at Flower Lane is a scheduled ancient monument situated in Surrey, comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval residential enclosure surrounded by a water-filled moat alongside contemporary fish-rearing ponds.
Medieval moated site with associated fishponds, Flower Lane 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 1012786.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at the north end of Hilly Field (1.1 km), Bowl barrow in south end of Hilly Field (1.1 km), Bowl barrow in Ivy Mill Lane (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval moated site with associated fishponds, Flower Lane's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Medieval moated site with associated fishponds, Flower Lane stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.