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Belmont moated site and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of a moated enclosure and associated water features. The site dates to the medieval period and represents a form of domestic settlement typical of the English landscape between the 11th and 16th centuries, when moated sites served as the residences of minor gentry and substantial farmers. The moat itself survives as a substantial earthwork feature, with the fishpond constituting an important element of the medieval economy, providing both sustenance and a marker of status for the site's occupant. The monument remains largely as an earthwork feature, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Cheshire region.
Belmont moated site and fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018593. View the official record →
Belmont moated site and fishpond is a medieval monument located in Cheshire, England, comprising the remains of a moated enclosure and associated water features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018593.
Belmont moated site and fishpond 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 1018593.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lion Salt Works and remains of part of the Alliance Salt Works (3.2 km), Moated site, fishpond and connecting channel at Alderhedge Wood (3.2 km), Anderton Boat Lift, aqueduct, basins, meter building, toll houses and buried remains of salt chutes, inclined planes, the east basin and dockside features (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Belmont moated site and fishpond'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.
Belmont moated site and fishpond stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.