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Shernborne Hall is a moated site and associated earthworks located in Norfolk, England, representing a form of medieval settlement defence and organisation characteristic of the later medieval period. The monument comprises a substantial moat enclosing the hall platform, typical of elite domestic sites from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, when such water-filled enclosures served both practical and symbolic functions for landholding families. The surviving earthworks preserve evidence of the medieval landscape organisation around the principal residence, including features that demonstrate the spatial arrangement of a significant Norfolk holding. Such moated sites are important archaeological records of medieval settlement patterns and the domestic architecture of the gentry class.
Moated site and associated earthworks at Shernborne Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020824. View the official record →
Shernborne Hall is a moated site and associated earthworks located in Norfolk, England, representing a form of medieval settlement defence and organisation characteristic of the later medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020824.
Moated site and associated earthworks at Shernborne Hall 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 1020824.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Hillington Park (6.7 km), St Felix's Church, Babingley (7.3 km), Bowl barrow and associated mound in Old Fen, 450m south east of Mill House (8.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and associated earthworks at Shernborne Hall'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 and associated earthworks at Shernborne Hall stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.