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Moated site SE of All Saint's Church, Hargham is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Norfolk. The site comprises a substantial moat forming an irregular enclosure, typical of small manorial settlements established during the medieval period. Such moated sites were commonly constructed from the twelfth century onwards to provide protection and status for their occupants, serving as the centres of agricultural estates. The monument survives as an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and domestic organisation in East Anglia.
Moated site SE of All Saint's Church, Hargham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003924. View the official record →
Moated site SE of All Saint's Church, Hargham is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Norfolk. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003924.
Moated site SE of All Saint's Church, Hargham 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 1003924.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gallows Hill tumulus (1.3 km), Wayside cross at the north end of Whitecross Drift, 670m south west of Swangey Farm (1.6 km), Earthwork on Wilby Warren (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site SE of All Saint's Church, Hargham'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 SE of All Saint's Church, Hargham stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.