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Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall

England
List entry 1007747
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007747
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.19 hectares
Grid reference
TA 07189 10528
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The moated site and fishpond located 200 metres south-east of Melton Hall is a medieval monument consisting of water-filled defensive earthworks surrounding a domestic or manorial enclosure. The site comprises a substantial moat with an associated fishpond, features characteristic of high-status medieval settlement in the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites were typical of the Norman period and later medieval England, serving both defensive and prestige functions for landholding families. The survival of the water-filled features at this location provides archaeological evidence of medieval land management and domestic organisation in Lincolnshire.

Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007747. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall?

The moated site and fishpond located 200 metres south-east of Melton Hall is a medieval monument consisting of water-filled defensive earthworks surrounding a domestic or manorial enclosure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007747.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall?

Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton 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 1007747.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Yarborough Camp large univallate hillfort (1.7 km), Roman settlement (2.6 km), Medieval settlement of Croxton (2.8 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.
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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

Yarborough Camp large univallate hillfort
1.7 km
Roman settlement
2.6 km
Medieval settlement of Croxton
2.8 km
Howe Hill bowl barrow
4.6 km
Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 380m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages
4.7 km
Round barrow on Elsham Golf Course, 240m north east of Timaru Farm Cottages
4.9 km
Roman site 400yds (370m) NE of Worlaby Church
6.6 km
Thornton Abbey Augustinian monastery: gatehouse, precinct, medieval road and bridge, moat, fishponds, post-Dissolution college and school, and house
9.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall

Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site and fishpond 200m south-east of Melton Hall

LincolnRoman town · ~24.9 miles
Domesday entry for Melton, Lincolnshire →
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