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Moated site and fishponds at Bowercourt Farm is a medieval monument located in Worcestershire, consisting of a moated enclosure and associated fishponds that reflect the agricultural and domestic arrangements of a medieval farm. The moat, a water-filled ditch encircling a raised platform, served both defensive and practical purposes, whilst the fishponds provided a reliable source of protein through controlled fish farming, a common feature of medieval manorial estates. The site dates to the medieval period, likely established during the high medieval centuries when such enclosed farmsteads became widespread across England. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and represents the material expression of medieval rural settlement patterns and estate management practices.
Moated site and fishponds at Bowercourt Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017807. View the official record →
Moated site and fishponds at Bowercourt Farm is a medieval monument located in Worcestershire, consisting of a moated enclosure and associated fishponds that reflect the agricultural and domestic arrangements of a medieval farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017807.
Moated site and fishponds at Bowercourt 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 1017807.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Rock Farm moated site, deserted medieval village and ridge and furrow, 100m SE of St Peter and St Paul's Church (0.5 km), Moated site at Sodington Hall (4.3 km), Woodbury Hill Camp (6.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and fishponds at Bowercourt 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 fishponds at Bowercourt Farm stands on Lower Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Early Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.