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The moated site immediately east of Gannow Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Worcestershire. The monument comprises a substantial water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch surrounding a raised central platform, a form of settlement fortification characteristic of the medieval period, particularly the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both practical defensive functions and as markers of status and lordly authority. The site's survival as an earthwork demonstrates the persistence of medieval settlement patterns in the English landscape, though the specific history of occupation and the identity of those who inhabited this particular moat remain subjects for archaeological investigation.
Moated site immediately east of Gannow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018544. View the official record →
The moated site immediately east of Gannow Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Worcestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018544.
Moated site immediately east of Gannow Farm 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 1018544.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 150m north east of Inkberrow Church (2.3 km), Moated site at Moat Farm (2.5 km), Feckenham manorial moated site (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site immediately east of Gannow Farm'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 immediately east of Gannow Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.