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Newbury Farm moated enclosures is a complex of medieval agricultural and water management features located near Silsoe in Bedfordshire. The site comprises a moated farmstead with associated fishponds and leats, typical of medieval manorial husbandry practices, likely dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. The moated enclosure would have served defensive and practical purposes for a medieval farm, whilst the fishponds and leats represent the considerable investment in aquaculture and water control characteristic of prosperous medieval settlements. The survival of these earthworks provides valuable evidence of medieval land use and the integration of hydraulic engineering with farming practices in the East Midlands region.
Newbury Farm moated enclosures and their associated fishponds and leats, Silsoe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012701. View the official record →
Newbury Farm moated enclosures is a complex of medieval agricultural and water management features located near Silsoe in Bedfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012701.
Newbury Farm moated enclosures and their associated fishponds and leats, Silsoe 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 1012701.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Faldo Farm (4.3 km), Moated Site and Associated Earthworks at Bury Farm, Sharpenhoe (5.5 km), Apsley Bury moated site and fishpond, south of Apsley End (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Newbury Farm moated enclosures and their associated fishponds and leats, Silsoe'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.
Newbury Farm moated enclosures and their associated fishponds and leats, Silsoe stands on Lower Greensand Group, bedrock that formed in the Albian. The rock here is sandstone and mudstone.