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Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm, is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Dorset. The monument comprises a substantial moat enclosing an island platform, typical of high-status medieval domestic sites, and associated field systems visible as earthwork remains. The site dates to the medieval period, representing a significant example of a moated manor settlement, a settlement type that flourished in England from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat and surrounding features survive as archaeological earthworks that provide evidence of medieval land use and social hierarchy in the Dorset landscape.
Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021150. View the official record →
Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm, is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021150.
Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp 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 1021150.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Large multivallate hillfort containing two bowl barrows 855m north east of North Eggardon Farm (8.9 km), Eggardon Hill disc barrow (8.9 km), Group of three round barrows on Eggardon Hill (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and associated features, 320m west of Knapp Farm'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 features, 320m west of Knapp Farm stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.