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Parsonage Farm moated site is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure that represents a form of settlement defence and land management characteristic of the medieval period, particularly from the 12th to 16th centuries. Moated sites of this type typically served as the centres of agricultural estates, with the water-filled ditch providing both practical and symbolic demarcation of the landholding. The Parsonage Farm example survives as an earthwork monument, preserving evidence of medieval domestic and manorial occupation in the Essex landscape.
Parsonage Farm moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017469. View the official record →
Parsonage Farm moated site is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017469.
Parsonage Farm 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 1017469.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Square and circular barrows 260m south east of Parsonage Farm (0.2 km), Clapton Hall moated site and fishpond (2.6 km), Medieval tile kilns S of Church End (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Parsonage Farm 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.
Parsonage Farm moated site stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.