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Moated site at Fingrith Hall Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Essex, England. The monument comprises a moat surrounding a raised platform, a characteristic feature of high-status medieval settlements dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites typically served as the centres of manorial estates and conveyed both practical defensive benefits and the social status of their occupants. The Fingrith Hall example represents a well-preserved instance of this widespread medieval settlement pattern found throughout lowland England.
Moated site at Fingrith Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020360. View the official record →
Moated site at Fingrith Hall Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020360.
Moated site at Fingrith Hall 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 1020360.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site known as Spriggs (1.8 km), Moated site known as Franklin's Island (3.9 km), Roman villa 100m north west of Handley Barns (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Fingrith Hall 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 Fingrith Hall Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.