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Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm

England
List entry 1016473
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016473
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.82 hectares
Grid reference
TF 28584 83968
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm is a medieval defensive settlement earthwork located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a form of residential fortification common in medieval England from the twelfth century onwards, in which a dwelling or small complex was surrounded by a water-filled ditch. Such moats served both practical defensive purposes and as status symbols for their occupants, typically minor gentry or prosperous farming families. The earthwork remains visible as an archaeological feature marking the layout of this former medieval settlement.

Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016473. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm?

Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm is a medieval defensive settlement earthwork located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016473.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm?

Moated site 400m north east of Home 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 1016473.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tathwell long barrow, 350m NNW of the junction of Horncastle Road and New Lane (1.9 km), Long Barrow north-east of Stonepit Covert (2.6 km), Neolithic long barrow and two Bronze Age bowl barrows north of Cold Harbour Farm (2.8 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

Tathwell long barrow, 350m NNW of the junction of Horncastle Road and New Lane
1.9 km
Long Barrow north-east of Stonepit Covert
2.6 km
Neolithic long barrow and two Bronze Age bowl barrows north of Cold Harbour Farm
2.8 km
Bowl barrow 600m WSW of New Buildings
2.8 km
Long barrow east of Cold Harbour Farm
2.9 km
Moated site NW of Tathwell Cottage
3 km
Bowl barrow cemetery on Bully Hill
4.8 km
Neolithic Long Barrow 550m WNW of Water Tower Cottage
5.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm

Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 400m north east of Home Farm

LincolnRoman town · ~20.7 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~9.7 miles
Domesday entry for Withcall, Lincolnshire →
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