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The moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor is a medieval defensive enclosure characteristic of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding a central platform, demonstrating the typical layout of a manorial residence or small fortified holding of the medieval period. Located in Berkshire near Windsor, the monument represents the domestic architecture and land organisation of the medieval gentry or minor nobility. Such moated sites are distributed widely across southern England and indicate both the settlement patterns and social hierarchy of medieval rural communities, though the specific institutional or familial history of this particular site remains incompletely documented.
Moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013173. View the official record →
The moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor is a medieval defensive enclosure characteristic of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013173.
Moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor 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 1013173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated Royal Manorial site at Bear's Rails (0.8 km), Early medieval and medieval palace and associated monuments, Kingsbury (1.3 km), Moated site at Moat Park, New Windsor (2.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Tileplace, Old Windsor'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 Tileplace, Old Windsor stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.