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Moated site at New Parks, Leicester is a medieval fortified settlement located in the western suburbs of Leicester. The site is defined by a substantial water-filled moat that once enclosed a residential compound, typical of the moated homesteads established by minor landholding families during the medieval period, particularly from the 12th to 14th centuries. The moat survives as a significant archaeological feature, preserving evidence of domestic occupation and the defensive or status-defining arrangement characteristic of such sites in the East Midlands. This monument represents an important example of medieval settlement archaeology in an urban fringe location, documenting the pattern of dispersed rural settlement that existed before the expansion of Leicester's modern suburbs.
Moated site at New Parks, Leicester is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010664. View the official record →
Moated site at New Parks, Leicester is a medieval fortified settlement located in the western suburbs of Leicester. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010664.
Moated site at New Parks, Leicester 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 1010664.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Leicester Castle and the Magazine Gateway (3.4 km), Greyfriars, Leicester (3.6 km), The Raw Dykes Roman aqueduct (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at New Parks, Leicester'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 New Parks, Leicester stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.