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Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church

England
List entry 1017312
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017312
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.52 hectares
Grid reference
SP 07417 38365
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive settlement located in Gloucestershire. The site comprises a substantial moat surrounding a residential platform, a characteristic form of domestic fortification that emerged during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries and remained in use through the medieval period. Such moated homesteads typically served gentry and minor nobility, offering both status and practical protection. The site's proximity to the parish church suggests integration within the established medieval settlement hierarchy, with the moat representing significant investment in both labour and resources typical of minor aristocratic landholding in the English Midlands.

Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017312. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church?

Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive settlement located in Gloucestershire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017312.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church?

Moated site immediately south west of St Mary'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 1017312.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Taddington medieval settlement (7.3 km), Two bowl barrows known as Stumps Cross round barrows, 280m and 330m north of Upper Coscombe (7.9 km), Wayside cross at Stumps Cross (8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Taddington medieval settlement
7.3 km
Two bowl barrows known as Stumps Cross round barrows, 280m and 330m north of Upper Coscombe
7.9 km
Wayside cross at Stumps Cross
8 km
Milhampost Roman site
8.4 km
Hailes Wood camp, Hailes
8.4 km
Bowl barrow, known as Woad round barrow, 450m north east of Cutsdeanhill Barn
8.5 km
Hailes Abbey and ringwork
8.6 km
Beckbury camp, Hailes
8.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church

Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site immediately south west of St Mary's Church

AlcesterRoman town · ~11.9 milesDroitwichRoman town · ~19.3 milesGloucesterRoman town · ~19.4 milesCirencesterRoman town · ~22.9 milesBattle of Evesham 1265Battle (1265) · ~4.6 milesBattle of Stow (-on-the-Wold) 1646Battle (1646) · ~9.2 milesBattle of Tewkesbury (1471)Battle (1471) · ~12.1 milesBattle of Worcester 1651 with Powick Bridge 1642Battle (1651) · ~15.5 miles
Domesday entry for Childswickham, Gloucestershire →
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