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Moated site at Kenney's Farm is a medieval earthwork monument located in Berkshire, England. The site comprises a substantial moat surrounding what was formerly a residential or manorial enclosure, a form of defensive and status-conferring settlement that became prevalent among the English gentry and minor nobility during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat remains the principal surviving physical feature, preserved as an earthwork despite centuries of agricultural use and development in the landscape surrounding the site. Such moated sites are important archaeological indicators of medieval settlement patterns and the territorial organization of the English countryside.
Moated site at Kenney's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013139. View the official record →
Moated site at Kenney's Farm is a medieval earthwork monument located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013139.
Moated site at Kenney'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 1013139.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of St Bartholomew's Church (1.8 km), Moated site north of the Moat House (2.4 km), Infirmary Stables, Arborfield (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Kenney'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 Kenney's Farm stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.