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Moated site 800m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse is a medieval defensive or high-status domestic enclosure located in Somerset, England. The monument comprises a substantial water-filled or water-retaining ditch that formerly encircled a residential platform, a characteristic layout of moated homesteads that became widespread across England during the medieval period. Such sites typically served as the centres of small manorial holdings or substantial peasant farms, their moats functioning both as practical defences and as markers of social status. The site's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the persistence of medieval settlement patterns in the Somerset landscape.
Moated site 800m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018923. View the official record →
Moated site 800m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse is a medieval defensive or high-status domestic enclosure located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018923.
Moated site 800m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse 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 1018923.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mohun Castle (site of) (1.8 km), Haselbury Bridge (2.9 km), Bowl barrow on Beaminster Down 530m south east of East Axnoller Farm (5.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site 800m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse'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 800m NNW of Pipplepen Farmhouse stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.