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The moated site at Astwood Road, located 200 metres east of Boxhedge Farm near Bedfordshire, is a medieval defensive or residential enclosure defined by a water-filled ditch. The monument comprises a roughly rectangular moat surrounding what would have been a domestic or manorial dwelling, a settlement pattern common throughout medieval England from approximately the twelfth century onwards. Such moated homesteads served both practical and symbolic functions, providing security and drainage whilst denoting the status of their occupant within the feudal hierarchy. The site represents the physical remains of medieval settlement organisation and land use in the English Midlands, preserving evidence of domestic life and landscape management during the medieval period.
Moated site at Astwood Road, 200m east of Boxhedge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009594. View the official record →
The moated site at Astwood Road, located 200 metres east of Boxhedge Farm near Bedfordshire, is a medieval defensive or residential enclosure defined by a water-filled ditch. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009594.
Moated site at Astwood Road, 200m east of Boxhedge 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 1009594.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Ivy Hall (0.5 km), Moated site immediately south of Manor Farm (2.1 km), A moated site, three fishponds, two trackways and field systems at Moat Farm (2.1 km).
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