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Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.

England

List entry 1014211

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1014211

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.27 hectares

Grid reference

TL 42503 45624

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Crows Parlour is a moated site located in Cambridgeshire, England, representing a form of medieval domestic settlement characteristic of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat that once enclosed a residential homestead, a common defensive and status-bearing feature among medieval gentry and substantial landholders. The moat survives as an earthwork, defining the historical boundaries of what was once a significant dwelling place, though the structural remains of any buildings that stood within it have not been preserved above ground level. Such moated sites were widespread across medieval England and are valued by archaeologists as evidence of settlement patterns, social hierarchy, and land management practices during the later medieval period.

Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014211. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.?

Crows Parlour is a moated site located in Cambridgeshire, England, representing a form of medieval domestic settlement characteristic of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014211.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.?

Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'. 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 1014211.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Castle Grove: a ringwork 370m north-west of Elmdon church (6.6 km), Dagworth moated site, 400m north-west of St Nicholas' Church (6.7 km), Moated site at Parsonage Farm (7.1 km).

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Overview

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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.

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Castle Grove: a ringwork 370m north-west of Elmdon church

6.6 km

Dagworth moated site, 400m north-west of St Nicholas' Church

6.7 km

Moated site at Parsonage Farm

7.1 km

Park Wood: a ringwork 75m north-east of Holy Trinity Church

7.4 km

Pigot's Farm moated site and fishpond

Dovecote at Home Farm 150m south east of Lofts Hall

7.9 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.

Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'. stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site, known as `Crows Parlour'.

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~5.1 miles CambridgeRoman town · ~8.6 miles GodmanchesterRoman town · ~18.9 miles

Domesday entry for Fowlmere, Cambridgeshire →

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