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Moated site in Bellamy's Grove is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Huntingdonshire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding what would have been a residential platform, a fortification type characteristic of the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated sites were common amongst minor nobility and prosperous landowners across medieval England, serving both practical defensive purposes and as symbols of social status. The Bellamy's Grove example represents the modest but defined settlement hierarchy of medieval Huntingdonshire, though the specific date of its construction and the identity of its original occupants remain typical of many such sites where documentary records are sparse or absent.
Moated site in Bellamy's Grove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016671. View the official record →
Moated site in Bellamy's Grove is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016671.
Moated site in Bellamy's Grove 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 1016671.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman barrow 450m south west of Stukeley Park (2.8 km), Roman barrow adjacent to Ermine Street, 290m east of St Bartholomew's Church (2.8 km), Civil War battery at Clayton's Way (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site in Bellamy's Grove'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 in Bellamy's Grove stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.