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Moated site, Moat Farm

England
List entry 1016701
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016701
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.6 hectares
Grid reference
SP 94384 15184
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site, Moat Farm is a medieval moated enclosure located in Buckinghamshire, England. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat that formerly surrounded a residential or manorial complex, a common settlement form in southern England during the medieval period. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served to protect and demarcate high-status dwellings, though their precise chronology and function continue to be subjects of archaeological study. The earthwork survives as a visible landscape feature, representing an important example of medieval settlement archaeology in the county.

Moated site, Moat Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016701. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site, Moat Farm?

Moated site, Moat Farm is a medieval moated enclosure located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016701.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site, Moat Farm?

Moated site, Moat Farm 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 1016701.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site, Moat Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 230m long section in Hamberlins Wood (6.4 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 875m long section between Leylands Farm and Shire Lane (7.4 km), Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill (7.6 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Moated site, Moat Farm

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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

Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 230m long section in Hamberlins Wood
6.4 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 875m long section between Leylands Farm and Shire Lane
7.4 km
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 210m long section immediately north west of Woodcock Hill
7.6 km
Large multivallate hillfort known as Cholesbury Camp
8 km
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 520m long section between Lanes End and Bottom Road
8.2 km
Site of Roman building, N of Berkhamsted Castle
8.3 km
Marlin Chapel Farm moated site
8.3 km
First World War Training Trenches and associated earthworks south of Berkhamsted Cricket Club
8.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site, Moat Farm

Moated site, Moat Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site, Moat Farm

St AlbansRoman town · ~12.8 milesAlchesterRoman town · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Pitstone, Buckinghamshire →
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