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This moated site and fishponds located 280 metres south-east of St Lawrence's Church in Buckinghamshire is a medieval monument comprising earthwork remains of a substantial residential enclosure. The site dates to the medieval period and represents the physical traces of a manorial settlement, with the moated enclosure and associated fishponds serving domestic and economic functions typical of medieval elite landholding. The earthwork features survive as visible banks and ditches marking the former boundaries of the moated precinct and the channels of the fishponds, which would have supplied both food resources and ornamental features to the settlement. This monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry number 1011306 as a designated ancient monument.
Moated site and fishponds 280m south-east of St Lawrence's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011306. View the official record →
This moated site and fishponds located 280 metres south-east of St Lawrence's Church in Buckinghamshire is a medieval monument comprising earthwork remains of a substantial residential enclosure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011306.
Moated site and fishponds 280m south-east of St Lawrence's Church 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 1011306.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Group of ring ditches and enclosures at Tyringham (2 km), Deserted medieval settlement at Filgrave, immediately west of Rectory Farm (2.2 km), Tyringham Bridge (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and fishponds 280m south-east of St Lawrence's Church'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 fishponds 280m south-east of St Lawrence's Church stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.