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The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm

England
List entry 1018341
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018341
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
6.5 hectares
Grid reference
TL 28506 78227
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Abbot of Ramsey's manor is a moated site located immediately north-east of Illing's Farm in Huntingdonshire. The site represents a medieval manor house belonging to Ramsey Abbey, one of the most significant Benedictine monasteries in East Anglia, which held extensive landholdings throughout the region. The moated enclosure, which survives as an earthwork feature, dates to the medieval period and reflects the Abbey's substantial secular estate management. Such moated sites served as defended or status-conscious residential complexes for the administration of monastic demesne lands.

The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018341. View the official record →

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What is The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm?

The Abbot of Ramsey's manor is a moated site located immediately north-east of Illing's Farm in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018341.

Who is responsible for protecting The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm?

The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm 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 1018341.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including 'The Moat': a motte and bailey castle 700m west of Mayfield Heath Farm (4.5 km), Civil War battery at Clayton's Way (7 km), Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge (7.1 km).

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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

'The Moat': a motte and bailey castle 700m west of Mayfield Heath Farm
4.5 km
Civil War battery at Clayton's Way
7 km
Obelisk at site of Republic Cottage, Stocks Bridge
7.1 km
The Manor of Hemingford Grey: a medieval moated site
7.6 km
St Ives Bridge
7.6 km
The priory barn: remains of the Benedictine priory at Saint Ives
7.7 km
Huntingdon Bridge
7.9 km
Huntingdon Castle (Castle Hills): a motte and bailey castle and Civil War fieldwork
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm

The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around The Abbot of Ramsey's manor: moated site immediately north east of Illing's Farm

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~5.4 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~12.7 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~15.4 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~15.4 miles
Domesday entry for Broughton, Huntingdonshire →
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