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Summerhouse moated site is a medieval settlement complex located in Durham, comprising a moated enclosure together with associated drainage channels, ancillary enclosures, and field systems. The moated site itself represents a form of high-status domestic occupation typical of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries in northern England, with the water-filled ditch serving both defensive and practical functions. The broader landscape features, including the field systems and drainage infrastructure, indicate an integrated medieval agricultural settlement pattern adapted to the local topography and hydrology. This monument type is characteristic of medieval rural settlement across the north of England and demonstrates the organisation of domestic, defensive, and productive space during the medieval period.
Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011265. View the official record →
Summerhouse moated site is a medieval settlement complex located in Durham, comprising a moated enclosure together with associated drainage channels, ancillary enclosures, and field systems. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011265.
Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system 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 1011265.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 190m south east of Cliffe Hall (3.8 km), Manfield shrunken medieval village and associated field system (6 km), Stanwick Late Iron Age oppidum, Iron Age and medieval settlement, early Christian church and sculpture and post-medieval emparkment (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system'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.
Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.