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Pain's End moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Hertfordshire. The site comprises a substantial water-filled moat surrounding a raised platform, a characteristic defensive and status-bearing feature of medieval manorial settlements dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites were common among the minor gentry and prosperous landholders of medieval England, serving both practical and symbolic functions in the settlement hierarchy. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and represents an important example of domestic medieval archaeology in the county.
Pain's End moated site. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010749. View the official record →
Pain's End moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010749.
Pain's End 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 1010749.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anstey motte and bailey castle (0.5 km), Moated mound near Hale Farm (1 km), Moated site, Little Cokenach (1.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pain's End 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.
Pain's End moated site. stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.