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Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge

England

List entry 1017659

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1017659

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

2.69 hectares

Grid reference

TR 09111 29850

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

The moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge is an early medieval earthwork monument located in Kent. The site comprises a substantial moat with adjoining enclosed fields or paddocks, features characteristic of medieval manorial settlement patterns. The monument likely dates from the High Medieval period, reflecting the agricultural and administrative organisation of a substantial holding within the medieval landscape. Such moated sites often served defensive and status functions whilst organising the working agricultural land that supported the medieval settlement.

Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017659. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge?

The moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge is an early medieval earthwork monument located in Kent. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017659.

Who is responsible for protecting Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge?

Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge 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 1017659.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Martello tower no 24 at Dymchurch (1.2 km), World War II underground operational post, 1/3 mile (540m) SW of Chapel Farm (2.4 km), Moated site and associated fields, 460m north east of Pickney Bush Farm (2.7 km).

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Monuments

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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

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Geology

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Martello tower no 24 at Dymchurch

1.2 km

World War II underground operational post, 1/3 mile (540m) SW of Chapel Farm

2.4 km

Moated site and associated fields, 460m north east of Pickney Bush Farm

Early medieval flood defence at Botolph's Bridge, West Hythe

4.8 km

Phoenix Caisson off Littlestone-on-Sea

5.2 km

Part of a Cistercian grange, north of New Romney High Street, also known as Romney Priory

5.7 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge

Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Moat and associated closes at Marshall's Bridge

CanterburyRoman town · ~17.7 miles

Domesday entry for Orgarswick, Kent →

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