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The moated site at Great Hartwell Farm is a medieval enclosure defended by a water-filled ditch, located in Staffordshire. The moat survives as an earthwork feature and represents a form of domestic fortification common in medieval England, particularly during the 12th to 16th centuries. Such sites typically enclosed a residence and associated agricultural or domestic buildings, serving both defensive and status-signalling functions for their occupants. The Great Hartwell Farm example contributes to the archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the region.
Moated site at Great Hartwell Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007621. View the official record →
The moated site at Great Hartwell Farm is a medieval enclosure defended by a water-filled ditch, located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007621.
Moated site at Great Hartwell 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 1007621.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multivallate hillfort at Bury Bank (4.6 km), Saxon's Lowe, Tittensor Common (4.8 km), Defensive earthworks at Camp Bank, Holly Wood (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Great Hartwell 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 Great Hartwell Farm stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.