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The moated site immediately south of Manor Farm is a medieval earthwork monument located in Buckinghamshire. The site comprises a substantial water-filled or water-retaining ditch forming an island platform, a characteristic defensive and status-affirming feature of medieval settlement patterns in England. Dating to the medieval period, such moated sites typically served as the focal points of manorial holdings and were occupied between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries. The earthwork represents an important example of local medieval land management and social hierarchy expressed through landscape modification.
Moated site immediately south of Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016703. View the official record →
The moated site immediately south of Manor Farm is a medieval earthwork monument located in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016703.
Moated site immediately south of Manor 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 1016703.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Ivy Hall (1.6 km), A moated site, three fishponds, two trackways and field systems at Moat Farm (2.7 km), Moat Farm moated enclosure and associated settlement earthworks (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site immediately south of Manor 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 south of Manor Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.