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Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray is a medieval agricultural enclosure surrounded by a water-filled defensive ditch. The site dates to the medieval period and represents the physical remains of a grange, an outlying farming complex typically associated with monastic or manorial estates. The moat itself survives as an earthwork feature, preserving evidence of the medieval landscape management and agricultural organisation characteristic of the East Midlands during the medieval period. Such moated granges are important archaeological indicators of medieval settlement patterns and the exploitation of remote or marginal agricultural land.
Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014391. View the official record →
Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray is a medieval agricultural enclosure surrounded by a water-filled defensive ditch. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014391.
Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray 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 1014391.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sysonby Grange, 450m west of Sysonby Farm (2.5 km), The Mount motte at Melton Mowbray (3.3 km), Wyfordby Wayside Cross (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray'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 grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.