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Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church

England
List entry 1006889
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1006889
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.15 hectares
Grid reference
TL 35097 46424
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church?

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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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
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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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

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
Pond barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills
6.6 km
Bowl barrow: one of two round barrows on Pen Hills
6.7 km
Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill
7.7 km
Bell barrow 500m south of Morden Grange Plantation
8.6 km
Barley lock-up
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church

Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 200m south east of St Mary's Church

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~9.7 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~9.9 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~16.2 miles
Domesday entry for Whaddon, Cambridgeshire →
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