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The moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval defensive and residential enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. The monument consists of a substantial moat surrounding what was formerly a manor house or farmstead, representing a form of settlement fortification common among the gentry and minor nobility of medieval England. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, with many established during the height of the medieval period when water-filled ditches provided both practical and symbolic demarcation of status and property. The survival of the earthwork demonstrates the enduring physical legacy of medieval rural settlement patterns in the English landscape.
Moated site at Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019638. View the official record →
The moated site at Manor Farm is a medieval defensive and residential enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019638.
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 1019638.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Pond Farm (0.4 km), Moated site at Pastures Farm (1.9 km), Croxton deserted medieval village and 16th-17th century garden remains (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Manor 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 Manor Farm stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.