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Moated site, Castor Manor Farm is a medieval moated enclosure located near Castor in Northamptonshire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat which once surrounded a manorial residence, representing a common form of high-status secular settlement of the medieval period. The earthwork remains visible as a defined ditched enclosure and constitutes important evidence of medieval settlement hierarchy and land management within the county. Such moated sites are typically dated to the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, though occupation may have extended beyond these parameters.
Moated site, Castor Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006847. View the official record →
Moated site, Castor Manor Farm is a medieval moated enclosure located near Castor in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006847.
Moated site, Castor Manor 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 1006847.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman barrow 380m north of Hill Farm (4 km), Two churchyard crosses (5.8 km), Earthworks of Abbot of Ramsey's Manor (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site, Castor Manor 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, Castor Manor Farm stands on Inferior Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.