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Moated site at Moat Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in Suffolk, England. The monument consists of a moat, a water-filled ditch that once encircled a residential or manorial site, a common form of settlement fortification in medieval England particularly from the twelfth century onwards. Such moated sites typically served minor gentry, prosperous farmers, or officials, providing both physical protection and a visible marker of status and authority. The earthwork remains an important archaeological record of medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in East Anglia.
Moated site at Moat Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018965. View the official record →
Moated site at Moat Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018965.
Moated site at Moat 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 1018965.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and associated earthworks at Westend Farm (0.2 km), Moat Yards moated site (4.1 km), Moated site of Barsham Hall and remains of associated buildings (6.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Moat 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 Moat Farm stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.