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Stanstead Hall moated site is a medieval settlement located in Essex, England, and is recorded as a Scheduled Ancient Monument. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a moat, representing the defensive or prestigious residential boundary of a medieval manorial holding. The moated enclosure is characteristic of high-status domestic occupation during the medieval period, when such features became widespread among the landed gentry and nobility across southern England. The survival of the moat's earthwork form provides archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Essex landscape.
Stanstead Hall moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011463. View the official record →
Stanstead Hall moated site is a medieval settlement located in Essex, England, and is recorded as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Stanstead Hall 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 1011463.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Clavering's Farm moated site (2.2 km), Earls Colne Priory (3.7 km), Stanley Hall moated site (4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stanstead Hall 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.
Stanstead Hall moated site stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.