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Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm

England
List entry 1015197
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015197
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
2.06 hectares
Grid reference
TL 21704 80970
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Woodwalton moated site is a medieval earthwork monument situated approximately 350 metres east of Park Farm in Huntingdonshire. The site consists of a moated enclosure, a form of residential fortification common throughout medieval England, particularly during the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated sites typically enclosed domestic or agricultural buildings and served both defensive and status-marking functions for their occupants. The survival of the earthwork at Woodwalton provides evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Huntingdonshire region.

Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015197. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm?

Woodwalton moated site is a medieval earthwork monument situated approximately 350 metres east of Park Farm in Huntingdonshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015197.

Who is responsible for protecting Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm?

Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm 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 1015197.

What other scheduled monuments are near Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's Farm (5.3 km), Alconbury Bridge (6.1 km), Roman barrow 450m south west of Stukeley Park (6.2 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site in Prestley Wood, 800m north east of Cartwright's Farm
5.3 km
Alconbury Bridge
6.1 km
Roman barrow 450m south west of Stukeley Park
6.2 km
'The Moat': a motte and bailey castle 700m west of Mayfield Heath Farm
6.3 km
Roman barrow adjacent to Ermine Street, 290m east of St Bartholomew's Church
6.4 km
Civil War battery at Clayton's Way
9.2 km
Earthwork on Mill Common
9.5 km
Sites discovered by aerial photography N of the village
9.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm

Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Woodwalton moated site, 350m east of Park Farm

GodmanchesterRoman town · ~6.8 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~10.4 milesWater NewtonRoman town · ~11.6 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~19.5 miles
Domesday entry for Woodwalton, Huntingdonshire →
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