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Moated site E of Moorend Lane is a medieval moated homestead located in Oxfordshire. The site consists of a substantial rectangular moat surrounding a former residential platform, typical of the moated settlements that proliferated across the English Midlands and South East during the medieval period, particularly from the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated enclosures served both defensive and prestige functions for minor gentry and prosperous peasant farmers. The monument remains visible as an earthwork feature and forms part of the broader landscape of medieval settlement evidence in the region.
Moated site E of Moorend Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006319. View the official record →
Moated site E of Moorend Lane is a medieval moated homestead located in Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006319.
Moated site E of Moorend Lane 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 1006319.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Notley Abbey: an Augustinian abbey and associated post-Dissolution dovecote (3.1 km), Moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas's Church (4.1 km), Rycote Chapel (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site E of Moorend Lane'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 Moorend Lane stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.