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The moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House is a medieval monument located in Lincolnshire, consisting of a moated enclosure associated with monastic agricultural operations. The site represents the physical infrastructure of a grange, the type of farming establishment maintained by religious houses to exploit their dispersed land holdings, with the moat serving both defensive and practical purposes. Dating to the medieval period, the monument preserves earthwork evidence of this organised monastic economy, with the adjacent features indicating the broader landscape of medieval agricultural management and settlement patterns associated with religious institutions.
Moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009979. View the official record →
The moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House is a medieval monument located in Lincolnshire, consisting of a moated enclosure associated with monastic agricultural operations. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009979.
Moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House 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 1009979.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site of Newhall Grange (1.2 km), Settlement between Long Drove and Dowsby Drain (3.7 km), Medieval moated site and post-medieval gardens at Cressy Hall (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Moated site of monastic grange with adjacent earthworks at Rigbolt House stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.