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Moated site in Ragget's Wood

England
List entry 1012310
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012310
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.75 hectares
Grid reference
TQ 28049 23246
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site in Ragget's Wood is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Sussex, England. The site comprises a moat with associated banks and ditches characteristic of moated homesteads, a settlement form that became prevalent in medieval England from the twelfth century onwards. Such moated sites typically enclosed a dwelling and its associated buildings, with the water-filled or dry ditch serving both practical and symbolic functions of protection and status. The survival of earthwork remains at this location provides evidence of medieval land use and settlement patterns in the Sussex landscape.

Moated site in Ragget's Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012310. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site in Ragget's Wood?

Moated site in Ragget's Wood is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012310.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site in Ragget's Wood?

Moated site in Ragget's 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 1012310.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site in Ragget's Wood?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Slaugham Place (remains of) (5 km), Romano-British villa at Randolph's Farm (8.2 km), Romano-British farmstead, field system and trackway on Wolstonbury Hill (9.4 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

Slaugham Place (remains of)
5 km
Romano-British villa at Randolph's Farm
8.2 km
Romano-British farmstead, field system and trackway on Wolstonbury Hill
9.4 km
Wolstonbury Camp: a Ram's Hill type enclosure on Wolstonbury Hill and associated later remains
9.4 km
Platform barrow 300m south of Wolstonbury Camp
9.7 km
Cross dyke and bowl barrow 310m south east of Wolstonbury Camp
9.8 km
Bowl barrow on Black Hill
10.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site in Ragget's Wood

Moated site in Ragget's Wood stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site in Ragget's Wood

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~10.3 miles
Domesday entry for Benefeld, Sussex →
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