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Moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Warwickshire, England, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England. The site comprises a substantial water-filled or formerly water-filled moat surrounding a central platform, a defensive feature typical of medieval manorial settlements and high-status residences. Dating to the medieval period, such moated sites represent significant evidence of settlement hierarchy and defensive practices among the gentry and minor nobility during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthwork's preservation provides archaeological insight into medieval domestic arrangements and the spatial organisation of medieval estates in the English Midlands.
Moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005733. View the official record →
Moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Warwickshire, England, designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the National Heritage List for England.
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 1005733.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Rollright Stones (5.8 km), Iron Age enclosed settlement and part of a trackway 150m north east of the King Stone (5.9 km), Portal dolmen 400m south east of Burnt Hill (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of 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.
Moated site stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.