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This moated site, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks east of St Michael's Church is a complex of medieval and early modern features located near the church in Leicestershire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, constructed fishponds, and associated earthworks that evidence domestic occupation and agricultural management typical of high-status settlement during the medieval period and beyond. The formal garden elements and structural layout suggest a residence of some standing, with the fishponds indicating both practical food production and the aesthetic considerations of elite gardening. The survival of these earthworks provides significant archaeological evidence for understanding medieval settlement patterns, landscape use, and social organisation in the region.
Moated site, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks east of St Michael's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011458. View the official record →
This moated site, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks east of St Michael's Church is a complex of medieval and early modern features located near the church in Leicestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011458.
Moated site, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks east of St Michael's 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 1011458.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dovecote 85m south of Netherseal Old Hall (4 km), Moated site and fishponds NNW of St James' Church (5.2 km), Moira blast furnace (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks east of St Michael's 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, fishponds, formal garden and settlement earthworks east of St Michael's Church stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.