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Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton is a complex of medieval and post-medieval earthworks situated in Shropshire. The monument comprises a moated enclosure of medieval date, indicating a high-status settlement, together with extensive ridge and furrow field systems characteristic of medieval open-field agriculture. Post-medieval modifications to the site include a formal garden layout and associated pond bays, demonstrating continued occupation and landscape management in the early modern period. The survival of these superimposed features provides archaeological evidence of land use and settlement patterns spanning several centuries from the medieval period onwards.
Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020149. View the official record →
Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton is a complex of medieval and post-medieval earthworks situated in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020149.
Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton 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 1020149.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle immediately north east of Church Farm (2.9 km), Packhorse bridge S of St Peter's Church (3.3 km), Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill (4.2 km).
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