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Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere is a scheduled ancient monument comprising three distinct archaeological features in Shropshire. The moated enclosure represents a medieval settlement, typical of the period between the 12th and 16th centuries when such defensive or status-indicating ditched compounds were established across the English landscape. The associated fishponds demonstrate medieval resource management and food production, whilst the ridge and furrow cultivation marks nearby open field agricultural land worked during the medieval period. Together, these features form a cohesive landscape of medieval land use and settlement, preserving evidence of both domestic occupation and the agrarian economy that sustained such communities.
Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019646. View the official record →
Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere is a scheduled ancient monument comprising three distinct archaeological features in Shropshire.
Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere 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 1019646.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood (1 km), The Burgs (1.6 km), Castle motte 50m south east of St John the Baptist's Church. (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere'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, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.