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Moated site at Fenton's Farm is a medieval enclosed settlement located in Suffolk. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding an island platform, a characteristic feature of high-status medieval farmsteads and minor manorial complexes of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat survives as an earthwork feature, defining the limits of the former domestic and agricultural precinct. Such moated enclosures are common across East Anglia and represent significant investments in land management and defensive capability during the medieval period, though their primary function was likely both practical and symbolic in affirming territorial control and social status.
Moated site at Fenton's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011334. View the official record →
Moated site at Fenton's Farm is a medieval enclosed settlement located in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011334.
Moated site at Fenton's 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 1011334.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Framlingham Castle and its associated landscape including the mere, town ditch and Anglo-Saxon cemetery (4.3 km), Earl Soham Lodge moated site and fishponds (5.5 km), Moated site 135m north of St Andrew's Church (6.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Fenton's 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 Fenton's Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.