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Summerhouse moated site and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system is a medieval settlement complex located in County Durham. The monument comprises a moated enclosure surrounded by an interconnected system of drainage channels and field boundaries that reflect the organised agricultural exploitation of the landscape during the medieval period. The moat itself would have served both defensive and water management functions, whilst the associated field systems and drainage infrastructure indicate sustained occupation and farming activity at the site. The remains survive as earthworks that preserve evidence of medieval rural settlement patterns and land use in the region.
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 and associated drainage channels, enclosure and field system is a medieval settlement complex located in County Durham. 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).
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