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The moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas's Church, Buckinghamshire, is a medieval defensive earthwork comprising a substantial water-filled or water-retaining ditch that formerly enclosed a residential or manorial precinct. Such moated sites were characteristic of high-status settlement in medieval England, particularly from the twelfth century onwards, and typically housed the dwellings and ancillary buildings of minor nobility or wealthy landowners. The survival of the moat in close association with the parish church suggests continuity of settlement and landholding from the medieval period, the church often being positioned near the principal residence of the manor. The site represents an important example of medieval settlement archaeology and the organisation of rural society in the region during the later medieval period.
Moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018669. View the official record →
The moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas's Church, Buckinghamshire, is a medieval defensive earthwork comprising a substantial water-filled or water-retaining ditch that formerly enclosed a residential or manorial precinct. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018669.
Moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas'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 1018669.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Notley Abbey: an Augustinian abbey and associated post-Dissolution dovecote (1.2 km), Bowl barrow known as the Round Hill, 170m ENE of Roundhill Farm (1.5 km), Moated site E of Moorend Lane (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site immediately south east of St Nicholas'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 immediately south east of St Nicholas's Church stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.