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Moated site 130m north east of Manor Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Huntingdonshire. The site comprises a substantial water-filled or water-retaining moat, a characteristic feature of high-status medieval settlement dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated enclosures typically surrounded the dwellings and associated agricultural buildings of manorial or substantial farming families, serving both practical defensive purposes and as markers of social status. The survival of this earthwork demonstrates the settlement pattern and land use organisation of medieval rural England in the East Midlands region.
Moated site 130m north east of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021081. View the official record →
Moated site 130m north east of Manor Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021081.
Moated site 130m north east of Manor Farm 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 1021081.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge (5.5 km), 'The Moat': a motte and bailey castle 700m west of Mayfield Heath Farm (5.7 km), Medieval magnate's moated residence (the Bishop of Ely's Palace) with fishponds and a later moated site, south of Somersham (5.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 130m north east of Manor Farm'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 130m north east of Manor Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.