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St Aylott's moated site and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. The site consists of a moated enclosure associated with a fishpond, both features characteristic of medieval manorial settlements of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat represents the defensive and status-bearing earthwork typical of minor gentry and substantial farming communities during this period, whilst the fishpond would have served both practical and aesthetic functions within the medieval landscape. These features survive as important archaeological evidence of rural settlement patterns and medieval land use in Essex.
St Aylott's moated site and fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011472. View the official record →
St Aylott's moated site and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011472.
St Aylott's moated site and fishpond 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 1011472.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds (2.5 km), Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds (3.9 km), Moated site and three ponds at Parsonage Farm (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of St Aylott's moated site and fishpond'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.
St Aylott's moated site and fishpond stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.