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Moated site 215m south of Chancel Farm is a medieval defensive enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of a rectangular moated platform, a characteristic earthwork form typical of the 12th to 16th centuries, when such features served as the enclosed domestic and agricultural centres of manorial estates. The moat's function was both defensive and status-enhancing, marking the residence of a landholding family of some social standing. Such sites are a distinctive feature of the medieval English landscape, particularly common in East Anglia, and this example contributes to the archaeological record of settlement patterns and manorial organisation in the region during the medieval period.
Moated site 215m south of Chancel Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017845. View the official record →
Moated site 215m south of Chancel Farm is a medieval defensive enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017845.
Moated site 215m south of Chancel 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 1017845.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burwell Castle (4.3 km), Roman villa and Iron Age settlement N of Reach Bridge (5 km), Moated site E of church (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 215m south of Chancel 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 215m south of Chancel Farm stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.