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Moated site 680m west of Manor Farm, Kersoe is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Worcestershire. The site comprises a moat, a water-filled ditch that once surrounded a residential or manorial enclosure, typical of high-status settlements of the medieval period. Such moated sites were particularly common in the Midlands during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, serving both practical and symbolic functions as markers of tenure and social standing. The earthwork survives as a buried or upstanding archaeological feature, recorded as a scheduled ancient monument under the national heritage listing system.
Moated site 680m west of Manor Farm, Kersoe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019852. View the official record →
Moated site 680m west of Manor Farm, Kersoe is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019852.
Moated site 680m west of Manor Farm, Kersoe 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 1019852.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Conderton Camp (2.2 km), Village cross 80m east of St Barbara's Church (2.7 km), Kemerton Camp (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 680m west of Manor Farm, Kersoe'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 680m west of Manor Farm, Kersoe stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.