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Moat House is a moated site located in Essex, England, representing a form of medieval domestic settlement that was widespread across the county during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The site comprises a water-filled or partially water-filled ditch enclosing an island platform, a characteristic defensive and status-denoting feature of medieval gentry and prosperous farming households. Such moated enclosures served both practical purposes in livestock management and symbolic functions in expressing social standing and territorial control. The Moat House example contributes to the archaeological record of Essex's medieval settlement patterns and domestic fortification practices.
Moat House moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017315. View the official record →
Moat House is a moated site located in Essex, England, representing a form of medieval domestic settlement that was widespread across the county during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017315.
Moat House moated site 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 1017315.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch (0.6 km), A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt (2 km), Hill Hall, brick kiln and deserted manorial settlement of Mount Hall (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moat House moated site'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.
Moat House moated site stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.