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Moated site at Gate Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Suffolk, England. The site comprises a substantial moat, a characteristic feature of high-status medieval settlements dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, which would have enclosed a residential complex and provided both practical and symbolic protection. Such moated sites were typically occupied by minor nobility, prosperous merchants, or substantial landholders, reflecting the social hierarchy of medieval rural England. The earthwork survives as an important archaeological monument documenting medieval settlement patterns and domestic organisation in East Anglia.
Moated site at Gate Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019671. View the official record →
Moated site at Gate Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019671.
Moated site at Gate 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 1019671.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Flimworth Hall (0.9 km), Moated site at King's Farm (0.9 km), Moated site 170m south east of Cranley Hall (1.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Gate 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 Gate Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.