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Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm

England
List entry 1019853
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019853
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.62 hectares
Grid reference
SO 59196 38111
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm is a medieval defensive or manorial enclosure located in Herefordshire. The site comprises a substantial moat, likely dating to the 12th to 14th centuries, which would have surrounded a residential or administrative structure typical of minor gentry or monastic holdings of that period. Such moated sites are characteristic features of the medieval English countryside and served both practical and symbolic functions, providing water-based defence and demonstrating the status of their occupants. The monument survives as an archaeological earthwork and remains an important record of medieval settlement and land use patterns in the county.

Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019853. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm?

Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm is a medieval defensive or manorial enclosure located in Herefordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019853.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm?

Moated site 360m north of Joanshill 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 1019853.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross in Holy Rood churchyard (2.2 km), Churchyard cross, St George's churchyard (3.1 km), Cherry Hill Camp (3.2 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.
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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

Churchyard cross in Holy Rood churchyard
2.2 km
Churchyard cross, St George's churchyard
3.1 km
Cherry Hill Camp
3.2 km
Standing cross in St Cuthbert's churchyard
4.1 km
Roman villa E of the Rectory
5.2 km
Capler Camp
5.2 km
Churchyard cross in St Michael's churchyard
5.4 km
Site of medieval village
6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm

Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm stands on Wenlock Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Wenlock. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 360m north of Joanshill Farm

KenchesterRoman town · ~9.8 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~19.2 milesDroitwichRoman town · ~24.8 milesBattle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Bridge 1642Battle (1651) · ~19.2 miles
Domesday entry for Frome, Herefordshire →
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