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Moated site at The Old Rectory is a medieval earthwork monument located in Suffolk, England. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat that originally enclosed a residential or manorial enclosure, typical of medieval settlement patterns in East Anglia. Such moated sites were common features of the medieval landscape from the twelfth century onwards, serving as defensive and status-affirming features for the properties of landowners and clergy. The survival of the moat as an earthwork feature provides evidence of medieval land use and habitation patterns in the locality, though the superstructure that once stood within the enclosure is no longer extant.
Moated site at The Old Rectory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007673. View the official record →
Moated site at The Old Rectory is a medieval earthwork monument located in Suffolk, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007673.
Moated site at The Old Rectory 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 1007673.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Seven Hills Cottages, 720m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (9 km), Bowl barrow north of Hobbin's Belt, 900m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (9.1 km), Six bowl barrows in Knight's Wood, 500m south-east of White House Farm: part of Seven Hills barrow cemetery (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at The Old Rectory'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 The Old Rectory stands on Neogene To Quaternary Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Quaternary. The rock here is gravel, sand, silt and clay.