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Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood

England
List entry 1015545
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015545
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.41 hectares
Grid reference
SP 91525 04909
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood is a medieval defensive and domestic monument located in Buckinghamshire. The site comprises a substantial moat surrounding a residential platform, indicating a settlement of some status during the medieval period, likely dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthworks survive in good condition within the woodland setting, preserving evidence of medieval land use and settlement patterns characteristic of the region. Such moated sites typically served both practical defensive functions and as status symbols for their occupants, representing important nodes in the medieval settlement hierarchy.

Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015545. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood?

The moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood is a medieval defensive and domestic monument located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015545.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood?

Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood 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 1015545.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm (2.3 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove (2.7 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm (2.8 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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

Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm
2.3 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove
2.7 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm
2.8 km
Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick
2.9 km
Hawridge Court ringwork
3.6 km
Moated site in Chalkdell Wood, 100m north west of Frith Hill House
3.9 km
The Castle, a moated site at Oaken Corner in Wendover Woods
4.5 km
Bowl barrow in Lowndes Park, known as the `Rolling Pin'
5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood

Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood

St AlbansRoman town · ~13.6 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~22 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~23.3 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~17.2 miles
Domesday entry for Wanden, Buckinghamshire →
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