Scheduled Ancient Monument: MOATED SITE IMMEDIATELY WEST OF BRADFIELD HALL (33314)

The monument includes a medieval moated site located in Bradfield Park, immediately west of Bradfield Hall and about 270m east of All Saints' Church. The moated site includes a roughly rectangular island, measuring up to 36m north to south by 46m east to west which is raised by at least 1m above the surrounding ground surface. This is surrounded by a moat measuring an average 18m in width and up to 4m in depth. Outer banks are visible along the west and part of the north sides of the moat and are thought to have been constructed with material dug from the moat. The moated site has been identified as that of the manor, which was built for the Abbot of Bury St Edmunds and destroyed by fire in 1327 during a period of violent attack on Bury St Edmunds Abbey. Bradfield Hall, which is a Listed Building Grade II constructed in 1857, is thought to be either the third or fourth hall built on or near to the site. The fencing along the north side, the wall along the east side and the surface of the driveway to the north east are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath these features is included.