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Monks Garth moated site

England
List entry 1011456
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011456
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.02 hectares
Grid reference
SK 93229 93221
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Monks Garth moated site is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Lincolnshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a form of defensive or prestigious residential arrangement characteristic of the medieval period, particularly from the twelfth century onwards. Such moated sites typically indicate the former presence of a substantial dwelling or monastic establishment, and their survival as earthwork monuments provides important evidence for the distribution and character of medieval settlement patterns across the East Midlands. The site's name suggests a possible connection to monastic land use, though the precise dating and functional history of this particular example would require archaeological investigation to establish with certainty.

Monks Garth moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011456. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Monks Garth moated site?

Monks Garth moated site is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011456.

Who is responsible for protecting Monks Garth moated site?

Monks Garth moated site 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 1011456.

What other scheduled monuments are near Monks Garth moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of medieval preceptory and settlement remains, Temple Garth (0.5 km), Harpswell Hall: a post-medieval house and gardens overlying medieval settlement remains immediately south of Hall Farm (3.4 km), Southorpe medieval settlement and cultivation remains (4.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Site of medieval preceptory and settlement remains, Temple Garth
0.5 km
Harpswell Hall: a post-medieval house and gardens overlying medieval settlement remains immediately south of Hall Farm
3.4 km
Southorpe medieval settlement and cultivation remains
4.1 km
Deserted village of Dunstall
4.2 km
Moated manorial complex immediately north west of Elm Tree Farm
6.7 km
Dovecote at Elm Tree Farm
6.7 km
Cross in All Saints churchyard
7.2 km
Romano-British villa at Mount Pleasant Farm
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Monks Garth moated site

Monks Garth moated site stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Monks Garth moated site

LincolnRoman town · ~13.6 miles
Domesday entry for Willoughton, Lincolnshire →
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