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The moated site north of Apsley End is a medieval earthwork monument located in Bedfordshire. The site comprises a substantial moat, a characteristic defensive and status-symbol feature of medieval settlement, which survives as a visible landscape feature. Such moated sites are typically dated to the medieval period, particularly the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, and often represent the former locations of manorial or high-status domestic complexes. The survival of the moat at Apsley End provides archaeological evidence of the settlement patterns and land use in medieval Bedfordshire.
Moated site north of Apsley End is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009586. View the official record →
The moated site north of Apsley End is a medieval earthwork monument located in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009586.
Moated site north of Apsley End 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 1009586.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common Farm (2.6 km), Anglo-Saxon settlement, and probable prehistoric ring ditches, west of Pirton village (2.7 km), Moated site in Pegsdon Belt (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site north of Apsley End'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 north of Apsley End stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.