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The moated site at Mount Pleasant is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Wiltshire, England. The monument consists of a substantial ditch and bank system that once enclosed a residential settlement, characteristic of high-status medieval occupation during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Moated sites of this type served both practical and symbolic purposes, providing security and drainage whilst demonstrating the status of their occupants. The earthworks at Mount Pleasant remain visible as a key example of medieval settlement archaeology in the county, preserving evidence of domestic life during the medieval period.
Moated site at Mount Pleasant is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013075. View the official record →
The moated site at Mount Pleasant is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Wiltshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013075.
Moated site at Mount Pleasant 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 1013075.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury Hill (8.3 km), Cross dyke and linear boundary on Melbury Hill and Compton Down (8.4 km), Bowl barrow on Breeze Hill, 760m south east of the top of Zig-Zag Hill (8.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Mount Pleasant'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 Mount Pleasant 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.