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Moated site immediately east of Heron Hall is a medieval defensive settlement earthwork located in Essex. The site comprises a substantial water-filled moat surrounding a residential platform, a characteristic domestic fortification form of the medieval period. Such moated sites, particularly common in the English Midlands and East Anglia during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, served to protect the dwellings and farmsteads of minor gentry and substantial landholding peasants. The monument remains as an upstanding earthwork feature, preserving evidence of the spatial organisation and settlement patterns of medieval rural Essex.
Moated site immediately east of Heron Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016861. View the official record →
Moated site immediately east of Heron Hall is a medieval defensive settlement earthwork located in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016861.
Moated site immediately east of Heron Hall 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 1016861.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Thorndon Hall and gardens (2.6 km), Former parish church and churchyard of St Nicholas (2.6 km), The Chapel of St Thomas a Becket (4.9 km).
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