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Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe

England
List entry 1005404
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005404
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.85 hectares
Grid reference
TL0652630758
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe is a medieval defensive settlement located in Bedfordshire. The monument comprises a substantial moat surrounding an enclosed area, characteristic of medieval manorial sites of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, along with associated earthwork features that indicate the layout and extent of the former settlement. The moat and its surrounding works provide evidence of medieval land management and the territorial organization of the locality. Such moated sites are relatively common features of the medieval English landscape and serve as important archaeological witnesses to settlement patterns and social hierarchy during the medieval period.

Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005404. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe?

Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe is a medieval defensive settlement located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005404.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe?

Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe 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 1005404.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house (4.5 km), Dray's Ditches (4.6 km), Conger Hill: a motte and bailey castle (5.7 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.
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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

Two bowl barrows on Galley Hill, 880m north east of the golf course club house
4.5 km
Dray's Ditches
4.6 km
Conger Hill: a motte and bailey castle
5.7 km
Barrow at Telegraph Hill
5.7 km
Fishponds south east of Chalgrave Manor
6 km
Neolithic enclosure known as Waulud's Bank
6.1 km
Strip lynchets on Stopsley Common
7.3 km
Thorn Spring moated site and associated woodbanks
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe

Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe

St AlbansRoman town · ~15.2 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~24.1 milesBattle of Barnet 1471Battle (1471) · ~23.7 miles
Domesday entry for Barton, Bedfordshire →
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