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A moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval defensive and residential earthwork located in Oxfordshire. The monument comprises a water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch enclosing an island platform, a characteristic form of aristocratic or gentry settlement dating to the medieval period, most commonly associated with the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both practical and symbolic functions, providing protection and defining the status of the inhabitant, though they were not primarily military fortifications. The site's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the persistence of medieval landscape features in the English countryside.
Moated site at Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004856. View the official record →
A moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval defensive and residential earthwork located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004856.
Moated site at Manor 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 1004856.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Idbury Camp hillfort (5.6 km), Ascott d'Oyley 12th century motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks (6.6 km), Wyck Beacon bowl barrow (6.6 km).
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