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Moated site at Great Wilsey Farm is a medieval moated enclosure situated in Suffolk, England. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding what would have been a residential or manorial complex, characteristic of high-status settlement patterns in medieval England from approximately the 12th century onwards. The moat remains a prominent earthwork feature that served both defensive and status-signalling functions typical of minor gentry and substantial farming families during the medieval period. Such moated sites are particularly numerous in East Anglia and represent important archaeological evidence of medieval settlement hierarchy and land use.
Moated site at Great Wilsey Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020175. View the official record →
Moated site at Great Wilsey Farm is a medieval moated enclosure situated in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020175.
Moated site at Great Wilsey 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 1020175.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote at Blois Farm (4.7 km), Ring ditches and ritual structure S of Chapel Farm (5.5 km), Whitley House moated site (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Great Wilsey 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 Wilsey Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.