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Moated site in Prestley Wood is a medieval defensive homestead located in Huntingdonshire, situated approximately 800 metres north east of Cartwright's Farm. The monument consists of a substantial water-filled moat surrounding a raised platform, a common form of domestic fortification characteristic of the 12th to 16th centuries in England. Such moated sites typically served as the residences of minor landholders and gentry, providing both defensive capability and a visible symbol of status within the medieval landscape. The Prestley Wood example remains largely intact as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and domestic organisation in the region.
Moated site in Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017843. View the official record →
Moated site in Prestley Wood is a medieval defensive homestead located in Huntingdonshire, situated approximately 800 metres north east of Cartwright's Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017843.
Moated site in Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's 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 1017843.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman barrow 450m south west of Stukeley Park (1.4 km), Roman barrow adjacent to Ermine Street, 290m east of St Bartholomew's Church (1.4 km), Civil War battery at Clayton's Way (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site in Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's Farm'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 Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.