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Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church

England

List entry 1019538

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1019538

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.28 hectares

Grid reference

TL 96017 46693

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Moated site at Moat Farm is a medieval defensive or manorial earthwork located approximately 230 metres north-east of St Peter's Church in Suffolk. The monument comprises a moat, a water-filled ditch characteristic of medieval elite and manorial settlements, which survives as an earthwork feature. Such moated sites were typically constructed from the twelfth century onwards and served as status symbols and defensive features for the residences of the gentry and substantial landholders. The site represents an important example of the settlement patterns and social hierarchy of medieval rural England.

Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019538. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church?

Moated site at Moat Farm is a medieval defensive or manorial earthwork located approximately 230 metres north-east of St Peter's Church in Suffolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019538.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church?

Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church 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 1019538.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Mound of Milden Castle (1.2 km), Bridge N of Bridge Farm (2.6 km), St James' Chapel (2.9 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.

Timeline

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

Mound of Milden Castle

1.2 km

Bridge N of Bridge Farm

2.6 km

St James' Chapel

2.9 km

Manorial bank adjacent to Lindsey Chapel

3 km

Cast iron road bridge SE of Bridge Farm

Moated site and associated fishponds at Wetherden Hall

4.5 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church

Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site at Moat Farm, 230m north east of St Peter's Church

ColchesterRoman town · ~13.5 miles Sutton HooArchaeological site · ~20.3 miles

Domesday entry for Milden, Suffolk →

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