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Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement situated in Wiltshire. The site features a substantial moat and associated fishponds that date to the medieval period, representing the infrastructure of a manorial holding or substantial farmstead. The earthworks survive as landscape features that demonstrate medieval land management and the economic organisation of rural settlement in southern England. The monument provides physical evidence of the residential and agricultural practices that characterised medieval rural communities in the region.
Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018128. View the official record →
Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval settlement situated in Wiltshire.
Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm 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 1018128.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bell barrows and a bowl barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery adjacent to the Devizes to Beckhampton road on North Down (9.6 km), Bowl barrow 640m south west of Beckhampton Buildings forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down (9.6 km), Bell barrow forming part of a round barrow cemetery on North Down (9.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm'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 settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.