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Moated complex 260m north west of Fryers Cottage is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a form of settlement fortification characteristic of the medieval period, whereby a dwelling or farmstead was surrounded by water-filled ditches to provide protection and demarcate property boundaries. Such moated sites were particularly common in medieval England, especially from the twelfth century onwards, and served both practical defensive and social purposes for landholding families. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains an important record of medieval rural settlement and land organisation in the region.
Moated complex 260m north west of Fryers Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019179. View the official record →
Moated complex 260m north west of Fryers Cottage is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019179.
Moated complex 260m north west of Fryers Cottage 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 1019179.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman site N of Brown Spinney (4.9 km), Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall (5.3 km), Moated site 170m south west of Tyrell's Hall (5.5 km).
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