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Moated site in Moat Wood, 580m east of Halland Park Farm, is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in the Weald of Sussex. The monument comprises a roughly rectangular moated enclosure, a characteristic feature of medieval manorial occupation dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. Moats of this type served both practical and status-related functions, providing water-based defences around important residential or administrative complexes and signalling the landowner's social standing. The site's survival within woodland has preserved its earthwork form, making it a significant example of medieval settlement archaeology in the Sussex landscape.
Moated site in Moat Wood, 580m east of Halland Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020515. View the official record →
Moated site in Moat Wood, 580m east of Halland Park Farm, is a medieval defensive earthwork situated in the Weald of Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020515.
Moated site in Moat Wood, 580m east of Halland Park 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 1020515.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval moated site with flanking ditches and associated fishpond, Claverham Manor (7.2 km), Part of an Anglo-Saxon inhumation cemetery at Manor Cottages (8.8 km), Medieval settlement remains immediately west of St Pancras's Church (8.9 km).
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