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Moated site and fishpond at Urrist Barn is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Gloucestershire. The monument comprises a moated enclosure accompanied by an associated fishpond, features typical of high-status rural settlements from the medieval period. The moated site represents the residential and domestic core of what was likely a manor or gentry holding, whilst the fishpond served both practical and aesthetic functions within the medieval agrarian economy. These earthworks survive as significant archaeological remains documenting medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Gloucestershire countryside.
Moated site and fishpond at Urrist Barn, 220m south west of Yew Tree Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017039. View the official record →
Moated site and fishpond at Urrist Barn is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017039.
Moated site and fishpond at Urrist Barn, 220m south west of Yew Tree 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 1017039.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows, known as Climperwell round barrows, 310m south west of Climperwell Farm (5.2 km), Manless Town medieval settlement and the buried remains of a Roman camp (5.7 km), Painswick Hill (or Kimsbury) camp (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and fishpond at Urrist Barn, 220m south west of Yew Tree 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 fishpond at Urrist Barn, 220m south west of Yew Tree Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.