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Moated site 150m south of St James' Church

England
List entry 1017913
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017913
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
TM 32258 81069
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 150m south of St James' Church is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Suffolk, England. The site comprises a substantial water-filled moat that would have enclosed a residential or manorial complex, typical of medieval settlement patterns in eastern England. Dating to the medieval period, such moated sites represent the domestic architecture of the gentry and minor nobility, serving both practical and symbolic functions as markers of status and property boundaries. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of medieval land use and settlement hierarchy in the Suffolk landscape.

Moated site 150m south of St James' Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017913. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 150m south of St James' Church?

Moated site 150m south of St James' Church is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017913.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 150m south of St James' Church?

Moated site 150m south of St James' Church 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 1017913.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 150m south of St James' Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and site of St Nicholas' church immediately east of Church Farm (1.8 km), Two moated sites adjoining All Saints' Church (1.9 km), South Elmham Minster (2.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site and site of St Nicholas' church immediately east of Church Farm
1.8 km
Two moated sites adjoining All Saints' Church
1.9 km
South Elmham Minster
2.2 km
Moated site immediately north of St Margaret's Green
2.6 km
Moated site and associated fishponds of a bishop's palace at South Elmham Hall
2.7 km
Moated site and associated pond at Brookhall Farm
4.8 km
Two moated sites and associated ponds at Linstead Hall
5 km
Moated site at Chediston Grange
5.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 150m south of St James' Church

Moated site 150m south of St James' Church stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 150m south of St James' Church

Caistor St EdmundsRoman town · ~15 milesSutton HooArchaeological site · ~20.1 miles
Domesday entry for Rumburgh, Norfolk →
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