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Stoke Doyle moated site is a medieval domestic earthwork located near Oundle in Northamptonshire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat which formerly enclosed a residential settlement, typical of high-status medieval dwellings of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthwork survives as a prominent landscape feature, with the moat banks and surrounding topography preserving evidence of the former settlement's spatial organisation. Such moated sites are characteristic of prosperous medieval manorial centres and represent an important class of archaeological monument documenting the settlement patterns and domestic arrangements of the medieval period.
Stoke Doyle moated site, near Oundle. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011034. View the official record →
Stoke Doyle moated site is a medieval domestic earthwork located near Oundle in Northamptonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011034.
Stoke Doyle moated site, near Oundle. 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 1011034.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Barnwell Castle (2.2 km), Site of manor house and gardens (2.5 km), A late Anglo-Saxon or early medieval fortified manorial complex to the west of Wadenhoe village, including part of an associated deer park. (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Stoke Doyle moated site, near Oundle.'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.
Stoke Doyle moated site, near Oundle. stands on Great Oolite Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, limestone and argillaceous rocks.