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Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm

England
List entry 1007813
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007813
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.92 hectares
Grid reference
TA 14174 18847
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm is a medieval monument located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises a moat defining an enclosure typical of high-status medieval settlements, with ancillary earthworks indicating a complex of domestic and agricultural buildings. The monument dates to the medieval period, reflecting patterns of landholding and settlement organisation characteristic of the medieval English countryside. Such moated sites often represent the residences of minor nobility or substantial landholding families during the later medieval centuries.

Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007813. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm?

The moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm is a medieval monument located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007813.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm?

Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth 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 1007813.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including North Garth moated site and associated enclosures (0.8 km), Manor Farm moated site (1.2 km), Manor Farm moated site (1.3 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm

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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

North Garth moated site and associated enclosures
0.8 km
Manor Farm moated site
1.2 km
Manor Farm moated site
1.3 km
Thornton Abbey Augustinian monastery: gatehouse, precinct, medieval road and bridge, moat, fishponds, post-Dissolution college and school, and house
2.4 km
Goxhill Hall moated site, associated drainage system, fishponds and field system
3.5 km
Second World War QF bombing decoy, known as East Halton, East Marsh, East Marsh Road, Goxhill, 900m south-east of Lynton Stud
4.1 km
Site of medieval nunnery and post-Dissolution house, Nun Cotham
7.8 km
Medieval settlement of Croxton
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm

Moated site and associated earthworks at Baysgarth Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Lopingheham, Lincolnshire →
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