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Moated grange with fishpond at Muston is a medieval agricultural settlement site located in Leicestershire. The monument comprises a moated enclosure associated with a fishpond, characteristic features of granges and farmsteads of the medieval period that served manorial estates. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served defensive, drainage, and status-affirming functions. The grange represents the medieval exploitation of rural resources and the hierarchical organisation of agricultural production within the manorial system.
Moated grange with fishpond at Muston is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009175. View the official record →
Moated grange with fishpond at Muston is a medieval agricultural settlement site located in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009175.
Moated grange with fishpond at Muston 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 1009175.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Muston village cross, 70m east of Mountain Ash Farm (0.4 km), Shifted medieval village earthworks and moat at Easthorpe (1.7 km), Fleming's Bridge (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated grange with fishpond at Muston'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 with fishpond at Muston stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.