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The Hoult is a moated site located in Bedfordshire, comprising a substantial earthwork consisting of a roughly rectangular moated enclosure surrounded by defensive ditches. The monument represents a medieval settlement pattern, likely dating to the medieval period when such moated homesteads were characteristic of agricultural and manorial organisation across much of southern England. The associated field system visible in the landscape around the moated enclosure demonstrates the integration of domestic settlement with contemporary agricultural practice. The site survives as an important archaeological record of medieval land use and settlement hierarchy in the county.
Moated site known as `The Hoult' and associated field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015584. View the official record →
The Hoult is a moated site located in Bedfordshire, comprising a substantial earthwork consisting of a roughly rectangular moated enclosure surrounded by defensive ditches. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015584.
Moated site known as `The Hoult' and associated field system 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 1015584.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow east of the Knolls (4.5 km), Bowl barrow south of the Knolls (4.5 km), Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site known as `The Hoult' and associated field system'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 `The Hoult' and associated field system stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.