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Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Dorset, England. The monument comprises a water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch forming an enclosure, a characteristic feature of moated sites that proliferated across southern England during the medieval period, particularly from the twelfth century onwards. Such sites typically enclosed the residential and agricultural buildings of minor gentry or substantial farmers, combining domestic security with status display. The survival of the moat at this location indicates the site's potential to preserve archaeological evidence relating to medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Dorset landscape.
Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016897. View the official record →
Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016897.
Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh 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 1016897.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthwork S of Meriden Wood, and adjoining round barrow (7.6 km), Bul Barrow, 750m east of Rawlsbury Camp (8 km), Bowl barrow 550m north west of Bulbarrow Farm (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 130m west of Bere Marsh 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 west of Bere Marsh 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.