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Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm

England
List entry 1020910
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020910
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.35 hectares
Grid reference
TL 30930 44251
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm, is a medieval defensive and domestic earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of a substantial moat, a water-filled ditch that once enclosed a residential or manorial property, typical of medieval settlement patterns in East Anglia from the 12th century onwards. Such moated sites served both practical and symbolic functions, providing protection and drainage whilst demonstrating the status and territorial control of their occupants. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of medieval land use and social hierarchy in the Cambridgeshire landscape.

Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020910. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm?

Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm, is a medieval defensive and domestic earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020910.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm?

Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall 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 1020910.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 550m north east of Slip End Farm (6.9 km), Triple ditches at Galley Hill (7.4 km), Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End (7.4 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

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.
Timeline
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

Bowl barrow 550m north east of Slip End Farm
6.9 km
Triple ditches at Galley Hill
7.4 km
Ring ditches and enclosures at Slip End
7.4 km
Bowl barrow 1km south-west of Heath Farm: part of the round barrow cemetery on Deadman's Hill
7.4 km
Motte and bailey castle and associated earthworks 100m south of Tuthill Farm
7.5 km
Two bowl barrows at Bygrave, 650m east of Park Wood
8.8 km
Moated site, Goodfellows.
9.7 km
Double moat and fishpond, Queenbury
9.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm

Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site in Boybridge Grove, 720m north east of Down Hall Farm

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~12.1 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~12.6 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~16.7 miles
Domesday entry for Abington, Cambridgeshire →
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