Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMoated site 170m east of St Mary's Church

Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church

England
List entry 1018393
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018393
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.55 hectares
Grid reference
TL 24719 70722
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in Huntingdonshire. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular moat, a characteristic feature of high-status medieval settlements dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated sites typically enclosed domestic or manorial buildings and served both defensive and status-signalling functions within the medieval landscape. The site's proximity to the parish church indicates its probable association with local landholding families of medieval Huntingdonshire.

Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018393. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church?

Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018393.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church?

Moated site 170m east of St Mary's 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 1018393.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Huntingdon Bridge (0.8 km), Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork (1 km), Earthwork on Mill Common (1.5 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.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church

Moated site 170m east of St Mary's Church stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.