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Moated site at Lymball's Farm is a medieval domestic monument located in Suffolk, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a characteristic defensive or status-affirming feature of medieval settlement, dating to the medieval period. The moat itself survives as an earthwork feature that once surrounded a residential or manorial complex. Such moated sites are common across East Anglia and represent the homes of minor gentry, yeoman farmers, or other substantial landholders during the medieval centuries.
Moated site at Lymball's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007682. View the official record →
Moated site at Lymball's Farm is a medieval domestic monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007682.
Moated site at Lymball'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 1007682.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow west of Fen Covert, 305m south of Fen Cottage (3.4 km), Ringwork known as Castle Yard (3.5 km), Chapel of St James Hospital, Dunwich (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Lymball'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 Lymball's Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.