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Moated site at Court Farm is a medieval defensive settlement located in Herefordshire, England. The site comprises a substantial moat encircling the former domestic and agricultural complex, a common form of manorial protection and status symbol amongst the gentry during the medieval period. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, with many established during the height of feudal landholding. The moat at Court Farm survives as an earthwork feature, preserving evidence of the settlement pattern and social hierarchy characteristic of medieval rural England.
Moated site at Court Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005340. View the official record →
Moated site at Court Farm is a medieval defensive settlement located in Herefordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005340.
Moated site at Court 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 1005340.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Bishopstone Court (1.8 km), Offa's Dyke: the section extending 950yds (870m) N and S of Big Oaks (3 km), Site of Romano-British town of Magna (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Court 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 Court Farm stands on Pridoli Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Pridoli. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.