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Moated site E of church is a medieval moated enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of a substantial water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch forming a defensive or status-signifying perimeter around a residential complex, typical of the medieval period when such moated homesteads were constructed by landholding families. The monument dates to the medieval period, likely between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, when moated sites were common features of the English landscape. Such sites often marked the residences of minor gentry or substantial peasant farmers, and the presence of the moat itself indicates the importance and relative prosperity of the occupants during the medieval era.
Moated site E of church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003800. View the official record →
Moated site E of church is a medieval moated enclosure located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003800.
Moated site E of church 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 1003800.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Burwell Castle (4.2 km), Hilly Plantation bowl barrow, part of the Chippenham barrow cemetery, 500m south west of Waterhall Farm (5.2 km), Roman villa and Iron Age settlement N of Reach Bridge (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site E of church'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 E of church stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.