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The site of a moated manor house east of St Michael's Church, Aveley is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval residential enclosure. The moated site represents a form of high-status domestic settlement characteristic of the medieval period, with the water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch serving both defensive and status-signalling functions typical of manorial establishments. The monument lies within the parish of Aveley in Essex and contributes to the archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns in the Thames estuary region. Such moated sites, though often lacking extensive surviving structural remains above ground, preserve valuable evidence of medieval land use, social hierarchy, and settlement organisation through their physical topography.
Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005562. View the official record →
The site of a moated manor house east of St Michael's Church, Aveley is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the earthwork remains of a medieval residential enclosure.
Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley 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 1005562.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Aspdin's kiln (7.1 km), Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Darenth Park (7.2 km), Palaeolithic sites near Baker's Hole (7.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley'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.
Site of moated manor house E of St Michael's Church, Aveley stands on Lambeth Group, bedrock that formed in the Paleocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.