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Moated site at Church Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Wiltshire. The monument comprises a substantial moat, characteristic of high-status settlements from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, which would have surrounded a timber or stone dwelling and associated structures. The moat represents an investment in both status and practical defence, typical of manorial farmsteads during the medieval period. Such sites are important archaeological witnesses to the development of rural settlement patterns and land ownership hierarchies in medieval England.
Moated site at Church Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013356. View the official record →
Moated site at Church Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013356.
Moated site at Church 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 1013356.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Water meadow 400m east of Clattinger Farm (2.8 km), Medieval settlement and associated field system at Clattinger Farm (3.3 km), Bury Hill hillfort (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Church 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 Church Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.