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| Name: | MOAT, Church Farm |
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| HER No.: | 10 |
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| Type of Record: | Monument |
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Summary
Sub-rectangular earthwork on high ground. Also suggested as Civil War earthwork
Full Description
An area of substantial earthworks has been identified at Church Farm, on the western side of Hockliffe, on a south facing slope. The earthworks are a Scheduled Ancient Monument (number 24414). A small subrectangular enclosure lies within a square platform and consists of an artificial mound approximately 30m by 28m, with traces of a slight bank around its perimeter. The surrounding ditch is visible around all but the northern side of mound, to a maximum width of 4m and defined by an outer bank, 0.4m-0.8m high and 1.5-2.5m wide. It is interpreted as a moat surrounding a dwelling.
The square outer enclosure is 80m in width, creating a level platform to the south, east and west of the ditch. It projects from the natural slope of the hillside and probably contained outbuildings associated with the occupation of the central mound.
A hollow way approaches from the south west and forms a channel across the outer enclosure 6m wide and 0.4m deep. A second entrance to the south is indicated by a narrow depression running cross the platform. A lower platform on the south east side of the outer enclosure, 35m by 40m, contains further low earthworks indicating buried structures.
Further raised areas lie to the north of the moated site, comprising a large level terrace, 50m by 10m, flanked by smaller platforms. These are thought to be the remains of further buildings associated with the moated site and the church. On the hillside to the south west of these and of the moated site are cultivation earthworks (ridge and furrow) associated with the settlement.
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 24414: Church Farm moated site and associated settlement and cultivation earthworks
- SHINE: Earthworks of a possible moat at Church Farm
Monument Types
- DITCH (Undated)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Associated Finds
- FBD375 - ANIMAL REMAINS
- FBD4994 - POT
- FBD1392 - SPEAR
- FBD4993 - UNIDENTIFIED OBJECT
Associated Events: None recorded
Sources and Further Reading
| --- | SBD10508 - Slide: HER Slide Archive. 2132 |
| --- | SBD10509 - Unpublished document: A Simco. A Simco. Interim Preservation Notice, March 1974 |
| --- | SBD10535 - Unpublished document: Unknown origin. Papers regarding planning application, 1973-1975 |
| --- | SBD10536 - Aerial Photograph: 1945-1955. RAF Aerial Photos. QB 11-13, SB 5-6 |
| --- | SBD10539 - Article in serial: Kelly's Directory. 1940 |
| --- | SBD10544 - Newspaper Article: Bedfordshire Times. 25 June 1909, p 2 |
| --- | SBD10551 - Unpublished document: Bedfordshire & Luton Archives and Records Service Documents. BLARS: Soskin: Hockliffe and the Gilpin Family, 1972, p 1 |
| --- | SBD10574 - Article in serial: 1908. Victoria County History, Bedfordshire. Vol I, 1904, p 305 |
| --- | SBD10593 - Aerial Photograph: Cambridge AP index. HH 34-37, AMW 28-32 |
| --- | SBD10640 - Cartographic materials: 1960. OS 6" 1960. |
| --- | SBD10651 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1926. 1926 OS 1:2500. |
| --- | SBD10772 - Unpublished document: OS SS revised: SP 92 NE. SP 92 NE 1 |
| --- | SBD10799 - Bibliographic reference: Medieval Settlement Research Group Annual Report. No 5, 1990, p 23 |
| --- | SBD10802 - Unpublished document: Correspondence. Letters to and from J Dyer |
| --- | SBD10803 - Scheduling record: English Heritage. SAM record form. |
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