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Moated site 350m south of Dorrington Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Essex. The site comprises a substantial moat enclosing a residential platform, a form of fortification characteristic of the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated homesteads were common among the minor gentry and prosperous yeoman farmers of medieval England, serving both defensive and status functions. The survival of the earthwork at this location provides evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in Essex.
Moated site 350m south of Dorrington Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016799. View the official record →
Moated site 350m south of Dorrington Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016799.
Moated site 350m south of Dorrington 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 1016799.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt (5.8 km), Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch (6 km), Purlieu Bank, Epping (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 350m south of Dorrington 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 350m south of Dorrington Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.