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Moated site at Blackgreves Farm is a medieval defensive or residential enclosure situated in Worcestershire. The monument consists of a moat, a water-filled ditch that formerly enclosed a raised platform or island, a characteristic feature of medieval settlement sites in England dating typically from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites frequently served as the fortified residences of minor nobility or prosperous landholders, though some functioned as manorial centres or farmsteads. The Blackgreves Farm moat represents the surviving earthwork evidence of medieval occupation and investment in the surrounding landscape.
Moated site at Blackgreves Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017804. View the official record →
Moated site at Blackgreves Farm is a medieval defensive or residential enclosure situated in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017804.
Moated site at Blackgreves 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 1017804.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 130m north east of Moorgreen Farm (1.7 km), Berry Mound Camp, Solihull (3.8 km), Guillotine Lock, Stratford Canal (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Blackgreves 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 at Blackgreves Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.