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Overhall Grove moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. The site consists of a moated enclosure, a characteristic form of medieval settlement fortification that was particularly prevalent in the eastern Midlands and East Anglia during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat would have surrounded a residential or manorial complex, providing both practical water management and a symbolic demonstration of status and authority. Such moated sites represent an important class of medieval domestic archaeology, with their surviving earthworks offering evidence of the settlement patterns and land use of their period.
Overhall Grove moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006890. View the official record →
Overhall Grove moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006890.
Overhall Grove 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 1006890.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 140m east of Papworth Hall (4.9 km), The maze and monument on Hilton Green (5.5 km), Moated site at Pastures Farm (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Overhall Grove moated site'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.
Overhall Grove moated site stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.