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Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Buckinghamshire. The monument comprises a moated enclosure, a form of domestic fortification common to the medieval period, with water-filled or water-retaining ditches surrounding a residential platform. Such moated sites were typically constructed between the 12th and 16th centuries and served as residences for minor nobility, gentry, or prosperous farmers seeking both protection and status. The site at Hanslope Park represents an important example of medieval settlement pattern and domestic architecture in the East Midlands region.
Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011303. View the official record →
Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011303.
Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park 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 1011303.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bradwell Abbey: a Benedictine priory, chapel and fishpond (5.9 km), Bradwell castle mound: a motte and bailey castle 80m north east of St. Lawrence's Church. (6 km), Secklow Hundred mound: a moot at the junction of North Row and North Ninth Street. (6.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park'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 70m south of Long Plantation, Hanslope Park stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.