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Moated site, fishpond and enclosure at Bordeaux Farms is a complex of medieval earthworks located in Essex, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure, typical of high-status medieval settlement, alongside an associated fishpond and broader field enclosure system, reflecting the agricultural and domestic infrastructure of a medieval manor. The moated element represents settlement and land tenure patterns characteristic of the 12th to 16th centuries, a period during which such features became widespread amongst the medieval gentry and prosperous landholders of eastern England. The survival of these earthworks provides evidence of medieval land use, water management, and the spatial organisation of a functioning manorial holding.
Moated site, fishpond and enclosure at Bordeaux Farms is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008700. View the official record →
Moated site, fishpond and enclosure at Bordeaux Farms is a complex of medieval earthworks located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008700.
Moated site, fishpond and enclosure at Bordeaux Farms 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 1008700.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring Hill camp (3.7 km), Battle (or Repell) Ditches (4.4 km), Roman villa at Chinnel Barn (5.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site, fishpond and enclosure at Bordeaux Farms'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, fishpond and enclosure at Bordeaux Farms stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.