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Moated site at Fairstead Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Suffolk, England. The site comprises a substantial moat, a water-filled ditch that formerly enclosed a residential or manorial property, typical of medieval settlement patterns in East Anglia during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both practical and symbolic functions, providing drainage, defence, and a visual assertion of status and tenure. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork and remains an important record of medieval rural settlement and social organisation in the region.
Moated site at Fairstead Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019802. View the official record →
Moated site at Fairstead Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019802.
Moated site at Fairstead 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 1019802.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 300m south west of Sowley Green Farm (4 km), Moated site at Ganwick Farm, 580m west of House Farm (5.4 km), Moated site and fishpond immediately north east of All Saints' Church (5.6 km).
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