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Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm

England
List entry 1020909
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020909
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.16 hectares
Grid reference
TL 16815 69257
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure situated in Huntingdonshire. The monument consists of a water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch forming an irregular enclosure, typical of the moated homestead form common throughout medieval England. Such sites generally date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served both practical and status functions, providing protection for the residence and associated agricultural buildings of a substantial landholding family. The site's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the enduring physical legacy of medieval settlement patterns in the Huntingdonshire landscape.

Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020909. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm?

Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure situated in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020909.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm?

Moated site 700m ENE of Village 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 1020909.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm (5.5 km), Village cross (6 km), Roman Small Town south of Great Staughton (6.6 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

Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm
5.5 km
Village cross
6 km
Roman Small Town south of Great Staughton
6.6 km
Roman site, Rushey Farm
7 km
Two bowl barrows 900m and 1000m east of Old Manor Farm
7.5 km
The Old Manor House, Cretingsbury: a motte castle and moated manor house
8.1 km
Bassmead Manor Farm moated enclosure.
8.6 km
The Malting (kiln)
9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm

Moated site 700m ENE of Village Farm 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 700m ENE of Village Farm

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~4.9 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~15.7 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~17.4 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~18 miles
Domesday entry for Grafham, Huntingdonshire →
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