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Moated site at Pond Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. The monument consists of a moat, a water-filled ditch that formerly surrounded a residential or manorial enclosure, a common feature of medieval settlement patterns in England. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served to demarcate high-status properties whilst providing practical defence and drainage. The site represents the physical remains of medieval land use and social hierarchy in the Cambridgeshire landscape.
Moated site at Pond Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019176. View the official record →
Moated site at Pond Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019176.
Moated site at Pond 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 1019176.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Manor Farm (0.4 km), Moated site at Pastures Farm (1.9 km), Croxton deserted medieval village and 16th-17th century garden remains (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Pond 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 Pond Farm 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.