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Moated enclosures at Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-at-Stone, is a pair of medieval earthwork monuments situated in Hertfordshire. The two moated sites represent domestic or manorial settlements of medieval date, their characteristic water-filled ditches serving defensive and status-marking functions typical of high-status settlements from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthworks remain visible as substantial ditched enclosures within woodland settings, preserving evidence of medieval land use and settlement patterns in the locality. These monuments form part of the wider archaeological record of moated sites across Hertfordshire, which demonstrate the distribution and character of medieval rural settlement in the county.
Moated enclosures, Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-At-Stone is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012054. View the official record →
Moated enclosures at Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-at-Stone, is a pair of medieval earthwork monuments situated in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012054.
Moated enclosures, Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-At-Stone 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 1012054.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman site 440yds (400m) E of Backlane Wood (1.1 km), Linear earthwork in Perry's Grove (3.1 km), Benington Castle: a motte and bailey castle west of Church Green (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated enclosures, Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-At-Stone'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.
Moated enclosures, Well Wood and Chapel Wood, Watton-At-Stone stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.