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Moated site in Orchard Wood

England
List entry 1010498
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010498
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.59 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 36618 28995
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site in Orchard Wood is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Sussex, England. The site comprises a substantial moat, a water-filled ditch that once enclosed a residential or administrative building, typical of the medieval period when such features provided both practical defence and status symbols for landholding families. Moated sites of this type were particularly common in southern England during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, serving as fortified homesteads for minor gentry and wealthy merchants. The earthwork survives as an archaeological monument and is recorded on the National Heritage List for England under entry 1010498.

Moated site in Orchard Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010498. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site in Orchard Wood?

Moated site in Orchard Wood is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010498.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site in Orchard Wood?

Moated site in Orchard Wood 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 1010498.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site in Orchard Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle 240m east of Dean's Mill (3 km), Philpots Camp: a promontory fort and Mesolithic rock shelters 500m north west of Philpots Farm (3.6 km), Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House (3.7 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.
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

Motte and bailey castle 240m east of Dean's Mill
3 km
Philpots Camp: a promontory fort and Mesolithic rock shelters 500m north west of Philpots Farm
3.6 km
Stumbletts Furnace, 360m south-east of Twyford House
3.7 km
Chelwood Gate Enclosure
5.1 km
Post-Medieval Pondbay and Overspill Channel, Wapsbourne Farm.
6.6 km
Medieval moated site, Brambletye Manor
8 km
Brambletye House
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site in Orchard Wood

Moated site in Orchard Wood stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site in Orchard Wood

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~11.1 miles
Domesday entry for Horsted, Sussex →
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