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Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds

England
List entry 1008702
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008702
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.53 hectares
Grid reference
TL 56996 37394
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds is a medieval monument located in Essex, England, consisting of the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure alongside associated fishpond systems. The site dates to the medieval period and represents the type of defended or status-conscious residential settlement characteristic of Essex landholding during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat itself survives as a substantial earthwork feature, whilst the fishponds demonstrate the importance of managed water resources and freshwater fish production within the medieval economy. Such sites, combining residential moating with aquacultural infrastructure, are common in Essex and reflect both the practical and symbolic aspects of medieval manorial settlement.

Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008702. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds?

Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds is a medieval monument located in Essex, England, consisting of the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure alongside associated fishpond systems. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008702.

Who is responsible for protecting Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds?

Tiptoft's 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 1008702.

What other scheduled monuments are near Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and three ponds at Parsonage Farm (2.1 km), Freemans Farm moated site (3.1 km), Moated site 400m south-east of Shortgrove Hall (4.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site and three ponds at Parsonage Farm
2.1 km
Freemans Farm moated site
3.1 km
Moated site 400m south-east of Shortgrove Hall
4.5 km
Great Brockholds moated site and fishpond
4.8 km
The Rookery, moated site, 350m west of Goddards Farm
5.8 km
A moated site at Goddards Farm
6.2 km
Widdington Hall moated site
6.2 km
Prior's Hall moated site
6.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds

Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Tiptoft's moated site and fishponds

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~5.4 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~15.7 miles
Domesday entry for Thunderley, Essex →
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