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Wood Farm moat is a medieval moated site located in Buckinghamshire, England. The monument consists of a moat which once enclosed a residential farmstead, representing a common form of settlement fortification and land demarcation during the medieval period. Such moated sites are typically dated to between the 12th and 16th centuries, though their construction and use often varied considerably depending on local circumstances and social status. The site survives as an earthwork monument and remains an important archaeological record of rural settlement patterns in the region during the medieval period.
Wood Farm moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006919. View the official record →
Wood Farm moat is a medieval moated site located in Buckinghamshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006919.
Wood Farm 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 1006919.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 410m south east of Maukins (1.8 km), Moated site and fishponds 200m north-west of Up End (4 km), Moated site at Old Moat Farm (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Wood Farm 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.
Wood Farm moat stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.