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The moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham is a medieval monument comprising a substantial earthwork complex in Rutland, England. The site consists of a central moated platform surrounded by associated fishponds and field enclosures, representing a typical high-status medieval settlement arrangement of the kind that served administrative and domestic functions for a manorial holding. Dating to the medieval period, the earthworks demonstrate the landscape management practices and settlement hierarchies characteristic of the English countryside during this era. The survival of these features in relief provides archaeological evidence of medieval agricultural organisation and the spatial ordering of medieval aristocratic or gentry estates.
Moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008462. View the official record →
The moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham is a medieval monument comprising a substantial earthwork complex in Rutland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008462.
Moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham 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 1008462.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barnhill moated site at Hambleton (2.7 km), Village cross at junction of Well Cross and King Edward's Way (3.6 km), Moated site at North Luffenham (5.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham'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 with fishponds and enclosures at Empingham stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.