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Moated site at Manor Farm

England
List entry 1019180
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019180
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.19 hectares
Grid reference
TL 50083 57732
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval monument situated in Cambridgeshire, consisting of a substantial water-filled ditch that once surrounded a residential or manorial dwelling. The moat represents a common form of aristocratic or gentry settlement protection and status display dating to the medieval period, particularly the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites typically indicate the presence of a timber or stone structure at their centre, though surface archaeology at this location would be required to confirm precise construction details or dating evidence. The survival of the water-filled ditch demonstrates the site's resilience as an archaeological feature and its potential to yield further information about medieval settlement patterns and defensive strategies in the Cambridgeshire landscape.

Moated site at Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019180. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site at Manor Farm?

The moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval monument situated in Cambridgeshire, consisting of a substantial water-filled ditch that once surrounded a residential or manorial dwelling. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019180.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site at Manor Farm?

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 1019180.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site at Manor Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wormwood Hill tumulus (4.8 km), Causewayed enclosure and bowl barrow at Little Trees Hill (4.9 km), Long barrow and enclosure 870m ENE of Copley Hill Farm (5.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Wormwood Hill tumulus
4.8 km
Causewayed enclosure and bowl barrow at Little Trees Hill
4.9 km
Long barrow and enclosure 870m ENE of Copley Hill Farm
5.3 km
Four bowl barrows 920m and 950m south east of Heath Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation
6.1 km
Bowl barrow 1080m north east of Worsted Lodge Farm, part of a dispersed round barrow cemetery in Charterhouse Plantation
6.4 km
Causewayed enclosure at Great Shelford
7 km
Settlement NW of Little Shelford
7.5 km
Settlement complex N of Hauxton
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site at Manor Farm

Moated site at Manor Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site at Manor Farm

CambridgeRoman town · ~3.6 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~9.1 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~17.6 miles
Domesday entry for Teversham, Cambridgeshire →
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