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Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive settlement earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a common form of aristocratic or manorial residence dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, which would have provided both practical water management and symbolic demarcation of status and territory. The earthwork survives as a visible archaeological feature, representing the settlement patterns and domestic arrangements of the medieval period in East Anglia. Such moated sites are characteristic of the English medieval landscape and provide valuable evidence for understanding the distribution and organisation of rural settlement during the High and Late Medieval periods.
Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006889. View the official record →
Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive settlement earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006889.
Moated site 200m south 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 1006889.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow on Therfield Heath (6.3 km), Two bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath (6.4 km), Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath (6.4 km).
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