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Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford is a medieval defensive earthwork consisting of a water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch enclosing a residential platform. Located in Wiltshire, the site dates to the medieval period and represents a form of domestic fortification common amongst the gentry and minor nobility of England from the twelfth century onwards. The moat would have surrounded a timber or masonry dwelling and associated buildings, providing both physical protection and a status symbol for its occupant. The survival of the earthwork demonstrates the established settlement pattern of the manor and the social hierarchy of medieval rural society in the New Forest periphery.
Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012483. View the official record →
Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford is a medieval defensive earthwork consisting of a water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch enclosing a residential platform. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012483.
Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford 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 1012483.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Twin bowl barrow on Furzley Common, 810m SSW of Stagbury Hill (5.1 km), Money Hills round barrows (6.8 km), Two bowl barrows 400m north-west of Janesmoor Pond (7.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford'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 100m south of Manor Farm, Plaitford stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.