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Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate

England
List entry 1013077
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013077
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.41 hectares
Grid reference
SU 04805 83294
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate is a medieval defensive and residential earthwork located in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a water-filled or formerly water-filled moat enclosing a raised platform, a characteristic form of high-status settlement dating to the medieval period, typically between the 11th and 16th centuries. Such moated sites served both as symbols of rank and practical defensive features for the dwellings and outbuildings of substantial landowners. The site represents an important example of medieval settlement hierarchy and land management in the region.

Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013077. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate?

Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate is a medieval defensive and residential earthwork located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013077.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate?

Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate 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 1013077.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Post mill mound 150m north west of Brynards Hill Farm (2.8 km), Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm (2.9 km), Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm (3.7 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

Post mill mound 150m north west of Brynards Hill Farm
2.8 km
Two medieval fishponds 170m north of Little Park Farm
2.9 km
Romano-British villa complex 330m north west of Queen Court Farm
3.7 km
Medieval rural settlement 240m south of Lower Woodshaw Farm
3.8 km
Village cross 12m north of St Mary's church
6.1 km
Medieval settlement, moat and fishponds at Woodhill Park Farm
6.3 km
Medieval settlement immediately north west of Upper Littlecott Farm
6.4 km
Bradenstoke Priory and fishponds and an associated motte and earthworks at Clack Mount.
6.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate

Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 400m north-east of Hooker's Gate

AveburyArchaeological site · ~8.9 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~9.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~10.6 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~11.6 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.5 miles
Domesday entry for Wootton, Wiltshire →
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