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Moated site in Toseland Wood

England
List entry 1017881
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017881
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.19 hectares
Grid reference
TL 23799 63279
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site in Toseland Wood is a medieval enclosed settlement situated in Huntingdonshire. The site comprises a substantial moat, typically dating to the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, which would have surrounded a domestic or manorial dwelling within its earthwork defences. Such moated sites were characteristic of medieval settlement patterns in lowland England, serving both defensive and drainage functions whilst indicating the status and permanence of their occupants. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork feature within the woodland landscape, providing archaeological evidence of medieval land use and settlement hierarchy in the region.

Moated site in Toseland Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017881. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site in Toseland Wood?

Moated site in Toseland Wood is a medieval enclosed settlement situated in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017881.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site in Toseland Wood?

Moated site in Toseland 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 1017881.

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

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deserted village (site of) at Weald (3.7 km), Croxton deserted medieval village and 16th-17th century garden remains (4.1 km), Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm (4.2 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Moated site in Toseland Wood

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site in Toseland Wood'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

Deserted village (site of) at Weald
3.7 km
Croxton deserted medieval village and 16th-17th century garden remains
4.1 km
Deserted village of Boughton, NW of Manor Farm
4.2 km
Deserted village at Wintringham
4.3 km
Moated site at Pond Farm
5 km
Moated site 140m east of Papworth Hall
5.2 km
Moated site at Manor Farm
5.3 km
Moated site at Pastures Farm
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site in Toseland Wood

Moated site in Toseland Wood stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site in Toseland Wood

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~4.5 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~13.1 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~20 milesGreat ChesterfordRoman town · ~20.7 miles
Domesday entry for Graveley, Cambridgeshire →
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