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Pirton Grange moated enclosure is a medieval agricultural complex located in Pirton, Hertfordshire. The site comprises a moated farmstead with an associated settling pond, features characteristic of medieval manorial and grange establishments. The moat itself represents typical defensive and water management practices employed around high-status or productive rural holdings during the medieval period. The settling pond indicates sophisticated water management infrastructure, suggesting the site served significant agricultural functions, possibly connected to grain processing or animal husbandry operations typical of a monastic or seigneurial grange.
Pirton Grange moated enclosure and associated settling pond, Pirton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012348. View the official record →
Pirton Grange moated enclosure is a medieval agricultural complex located in Pirton, Hertfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012348.
Pirton Grange moated enclosure and associated settling pond, Pirton 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 1012348.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow at Knocking Knoll, 640m E of Pegsdon Common Farm (2.2 km), Anglo-Saxon settlement, and probable prehistoric ring ditches, west of Pirton village (2.4 km), Moated site in Pegsdon Belt (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pirton Grange moated enclosure and associated settling pond, Pirton'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.
Pirton Grange moated enclosure and associated settling pond, Pirton stands on Gault Formation And Upper Greensand Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and limestone.