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Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure together with associated fishponds, features typical of high-status medieval settlement and land management in eastern England. The moat and pond systems date from the medieval period and represent investment in both domestic defence and the productive exploitation of water resources characteristic of manorial estates. The survival of these earthwork features provides evidence of the settlement's layout and the medieval landowner's capacity to undertake significant hydraulic engineering works.
Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008559. View the official record →
Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds is a medieval monument located in Essex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008559.
Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds 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 1008559.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Freemans Farm moated site (2 km), Moated site and three ponds at Parsonage Farm (2.1 km), Moated site 400m south-east of Shortgrove Hall (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds'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.
Thunderley Hall moated site and fishponds stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.