Wold Farm moated enclosure, Odell
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1012490
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1991
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- Heritage Category:
- Scheduled Monument
- List Entry Number:
- 1012490
- Date first listed:
- 26-Apr-1991
Location
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Bedford (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Odell
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 94634 59840
Reasons for Designation
Around 6000 moated sites are known in England. They consist of wide ditches, often, or seasonally, water-filled, partly or completely enclosing one or more islands of dry ground on which stood domestic or religious buildings or, in some cases, which were used for horticulture. The peak period during which moated sites were built was between about 1250 and 1350 and by far the greatest concentration lies in central and eastern parts of England. However, moated sites were built throughout the medieval period, are widely scattered throughout England, and exhibit a high level of diversity in their forms and sizes. They form a significant class of medieval monument and are important for understanding the distribution of wealth and status in the countryside. Many examples provide conditions favourable to the survival of organic remains.
Wold Farm is a well-preserved example of a Bedfordshire moated site with a diversity of features, including a complex of ponds, moat, causeway and island.
Details
The monument includes the remains of a medieval moated enclosure and associated ponds. The moated site is trapezoidal in shape measuring about 82m long by 55m in maximum dimensions inclusive of the 6m wide surrounding moat. At the north angle a drainage leat extends some 10m beyond the moat. The west angle is extended to form an irregular shaped pond possibly used as a fishpond. The interior of the island is flat except for a bank of building debris along the inside of the north arm, thought to be from the demolished farm buildings recorded as once occupying the island.
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Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 11546
- Legacy System:
- RSM
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RE: Wold Farm moated enclosure, Odell
P.A.S., Ordnance Survey Records, (1974)
Legal
This monument is scheduled under the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 as amended as it appears to the Secretary of State to be of national importance. This entry is a copy, the original is held by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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