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The Moat is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hampshire, England. The site consists of a substantial mounded enclosure surrounded by a ditch, characteristic of high-status medieval settlements of the 11th to 13th centuries. Such moated sites typically served as the focal points of manorial estates, with the raised platform providing defensive advantage and symbolic assertion of lordly authority over the surrounding landscape. The monument survives as an important example of medieval settlement archaeology in southern England, preserving evidence of the social and economic organisation of the feudal period.
The Moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1001940. View the official record →
The Moat is a medieval earthwork monument located in Hampshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1001940.
The Moat 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 1001940.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including John of Gaunt's Palace (6.3 km), Andover-Redbridge canal, Chalk Hill Lock, Horsebridge (6.6 km), Gains Castle: a 13th century ringwork and bailey (6.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of The Moat'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.
The Moat stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.