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Warish Hall moated site and the remains of Takeley Priory is a scheduled monument in Essex comprising the earthwork traces of a medieval religious foundation and associated domestic settlement. The priory, founded in the medieval period, has left archaeological evidence in the form of buried structural remains and surface features across the site. The moated enclosure represents the manorial or residential complex connected to the priory establishment, a common arrangement in medieval monastic landscapes where administrative and living quarters occupied defended or bounded spaces. The site survives today as earthwork features visible in the landscape, preserving evidence of the settlement pattern and monastic organisation of medieval Essex.
Warish Hall moated site and remains of Takeley Priory is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007834. View the official record →
Warish Hall moated site and the remains of Takeley Priory is a scheduled monument in Essex comprising the earthwork traces of a medieval religious foundation and associated domestic settlement. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007834.
Warish Hall moated site and remains of Takeley Priory 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 1007834.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Portingbury Hills (3.8 km), Warren in Collins Coppice, Hatfield Forest (3.9 km), Canfield Castle and associated moated enclosure (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Warish Hall moated site and remains of Takeley Priory'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.
Warish Hall moated site and remains of Takeley Priory stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.