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Sherrard's Green moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Worcestershire. The site comprises a substantial moat enclosing an elevated central platform, characteristic of the moated homestead settlements that proliferated throughout the English Midlands during the medieval period. Such sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served as the defended residences of minor landholding families. The moat at Sherrard's Green remains a significant archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and the socioeconomic hierarchy of rural medieval England.
Moated site at Sherrard's Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016441. View the official record →
Sherrard's Green moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016441.
Moated site at Sherrard's Green 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 1016441.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Boundary cross at entrance to Quay Lane (6 km), Ringwork known as Hanley Castle 520m south of the Church of St. Mary (6.2 km), Little Malvern Priory (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Sherrard's Green'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 Sherrard's Green stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.