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Moated site E of church is a medieval moat located in Cambridgeshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular or roughly square water-filled ditch that once enclosed a residential enclosure, characteristic of moated homesteads constructed during the medieval period, particularly between the 12th and 16th centuries. Such moated sites typically served as the domestic seats of minor gentry or prosperous peasant farmers, affording both status and practical defensive advantage through their water-filled perimeters. The surviving earthwork remains an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and domestic organisation in the East Anglian landscape.
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 moat located in Cambridgeshire, England. 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).
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