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The moated site at Faldo Farm is a medieval settlement monument located in Bedfordshire. The site comprises a substantial moat, which survives as an earthwork feature and represents the defensive or status-defining enclosure of a manor or substantial farmstead dating to the medieval period. Such moated sites are characteristic of medieval settlement patterns in England, particularly from the twelfth century onwards, and their presence often indicates the residence of a person of some social standing. The monument's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it an important archaeological resource for understanding medieval settlement hierarchy and land use in the region.
Moated site at Faldo Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009399. View the official record →
The moated site at Faldo Farm is a medieval settlement monument located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009399.
Moated site at Faldo 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 1009399.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe (1.5 km), Sharpenhoe Clappers: an Iron Age promontory fort, medieval warren and associated medieval cultivation earthworks (1.8 km), Ravensburgh Castle (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Faldo 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 Faldo Farm stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.