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Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House

England
List entry 1013083
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013083
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.7 hectares
Grid reference
ST 86057 50899
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House is a medieval defensive settlement located in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a substantial moat enclosing an island platform, a characteristic form of high-status residential enclosure dating to the medieval period. Such moated sites served both defensive and symbolic functions, their water-filled ditches providing protection whilst demonstrating the social standing of their occupants. The site's survival as an earthwork monument preserves evidence of settlement hierarchy and land use patterns from the medieval landscape of Wiltshire.

Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013083. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House?

Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House is a medieval defensive settlement located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013083.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House?

Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House 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 1013083.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 40m south of Buckler's Wood (7.8 km), Robin Hood's Bower earthwork enclosure in Southleigh Wood (8.7 km), Bowl barrow 270m south west of Norton Bavant House (8.9 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.
Timeline
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

Bowl barrow 40m south of Buckler's Wood
7.8 km
Robin Hood's Bower earthwork enclosure in Southleigh Wood
8.7 km
Bowl barrow 270m south west of Norton Bavant House
8.9 km
Henge monument 350m north-east of Long Ivor Farm
9.3 km
Round barrow on the summit of Cotley Hill
9.7 km
Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill
9.8 km
Bowl barrow 130m south-west of North End Farm
10.2 km
Strip lynchets immediately south west of Woodcombe Cleve
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House

Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 400m east of Penleigh House

BathRoman town · ~11 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~17.1 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~18.2 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~18.4 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~12.9 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.6 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~14.8 miles
Domesday entry for Westbury, Wiltshire →
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