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Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick

England
List entry 1014605
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014605
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.15 hectares
Grid reference
SP 91664 02027
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick is a medieval monument located in Buckinghamshire, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure together with associated field systems and earthwork divisions, which survive as earthwork remains visible in the landscape. The moated element suggests occupation and defensive or status-related construction during the medieval period, likely serving a manorial or substantial residential function. Such moated sites are characteristic of medieval settlement patterns in southern England, where water-based enclosures provided both practical and symbolic demarcation of property boundaries and lordly residence.

Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014605. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick?

Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick is a medieval monument located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014605.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick?

Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick 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 1014605.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm (1.2 km), The Castle, a moated site at Oaken Corner in Wendover Woods (1.8 km), Moated site in Chalkdell Wood, 100m north west of Frith Hill House (1.8 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.
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
1.2 km
The Castle, a moated site at Oaken Corner in Wendover Woods
1.8 km
Moated site in Chalkdell Wood, 100m north west of Frith Hill House
1.8 km
Castle Tower: a motte and bailey castle 100m north of Hill House
2.6 km
Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood
2.9 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm
3 km
Bowl barrow in Lowndes Park, known as the `Rolling Pin'
3.8 km
Hawridge Court ringwork
5.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick

Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site and enclosures at Redding Wick

St AlbansRoman town · ~13.8 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~21.6 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~24.2 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.9 miles
Domesday entry for Missenden, Buckinghamshire →
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