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Tanner's Cottage is a moated site located approximately 250 metres south of Greens in Essex. The monument comprises a rectangular moat surrounding a former domestic dwelling, a settlement form characteristic of medieval rural settlement patterns in England. Such moated homesteads were typically established between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, with many originating in the medieval period as the residences of minor landholders or craftspeople. The site's designation as a scheduled ancient monument reflects its archaeological value as evidence of medieval settlement organisation and domestic life in Essex.
Moated site known as Tanner's Cottage, 250m south of Greens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016880. View the official record →
Tanner's Cottage is a moated site located approximately 250 metres south of Greens in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016880.
Moated site known as Tanner's Cottage, 250m south of Greens 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 1016880.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 120m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (2.5 km), Bowl barrow 90m north-west of the footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (2.5 km), Bowl barrow 50m north-west of footbridge: one of three round barrows on Shelley Common (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site known as Tanner's Cottage, 250m south of Greens'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 known as Tanner's Cottage, 250m south of Greens stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.