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Moated site and medieval settlement remains at Throckmorton is a scheduled monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval defensive enclosure and associated settlement in Worcestershire. The moated site dates to the medieval period and represents the physical evidence of a fortified residential complex, with the surrounding landscape showing traces of contemporary occupation and land use. The monument consists of a substantial moat defining the core of the site, with additional earthworks indicating the broader extent of medieval settlement activity in the locality. Such moated sites were characteristic features of medieval England, particularly among the gentry and minor nobility, serving both defensive and status-affirming functions during the thirteenth to fifteenth centuries.
Moated site and medieval settlement remains at Throckmorton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016938. View the official record →
Moated site and medieval settlement remains at Throckmorton is a scheduled monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval defensive enclosure and associated settlement in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016938.
Moated site and medieval settlement remains at Throckmorton 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 1016938.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ditched enclosures 1/4 mile (400m) N of Chapel Farm (7.3 km), Abbot Chyryton Wall, Boat Lane (7.7 km), Netherton Chapel (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and medieval settlement remains at Throckmorton'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 medieval settlement remains at Throckmorton stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.