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Moated site and fishpond at Botany Bay Copse is a medieval earthwork monument located in Berkshire. The site comprises the substantial remains of a moated enclosure with an associated fishpond, features characteristic of high-status medieval settlement or manorial occupation. The moat and fishpond represent investment in both domestic security and food production typical of the medieval period, though the precise dating and chronology of occupation at this location remain to be fully established through archaeological investigation. The site survives as an important example of medieval landscape modification and demonstrates the settlement patterns of the English countryside during the medieval period.
Moated site and fishpond at Botany Bay Copse is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013351. View the official record →
Moated site and fishpond at Botany Bay Copse is a medieval earthwork monument located in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013351.
Moated site and fishpond at Botany Bay Copse 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 1013351.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cropmark complex NE of Model Farm (3.6 km), Cropmark complex S of Charvil Lane (4 km), Moated site at Smewin's Farm (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and fishpond at Botany Bay Copse'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 fishpond at Botany Bay Copse stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.