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Newbury Farm moated enclosures is a medieval monument located at Silsoe in Bedfordshire, comprising a series of earthwork features including moated enclosures, fishponds, and water management systems known as leats. The site represents the physical remains of a manorial settlement from the medieval period, with the moated enclosures serving as defensive and status-marking boundaries around the principal buildings of the estate. The associated fishponds and leats demonstrate the systematic management of water resources characteristic of medieval agricultural and domestic provision, particularly the cultivation of fish for food and the distribution of water across the working landscape. The earthwork remains survive as a substantial archaeological record of medieval settlement pattern and estate organisation in the 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 medieval monument located at Silsoe in Bedfordshire, comprising a series of earthwork features including moated enclosures, fishponds, and water management systems known as leats. 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).
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