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Moated site at Nye Farm is a medieval enclosed settlement located in Somerset, England. The site comprises a substantial moat surrounding a raised platform, a defensive and status-conscious arrangement characteristic of high-status medieval farmsteads and minor aristocratic residences of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites were common features of the English landscape during the medieval period, serving practical purposes of water management and drainage whilst also signalling the social standing of their inhabitants. The monument remains visible as earthworks, preserving evidence of domestic and agricultural organisation typical of medieval manorial activity.
Moated site at Nye Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011132. View the official record →
Moated site at Nye Farm is a medieval enclosed settlement located in Somerset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011132.
Moated site at Nye 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 1011132.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Picken's Hole (6.7 km), Bowl barrow 350m east of Batts Coombe Quarry (8.3 km), Bowl barrow 330m east of Batts Coombe Quarry (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Nye 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 Nye Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.