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Bretton Hall Moated Site is a medieval moated homestead located in Flintshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference FL185. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a moat surrounding a residential platform, representing a form of domestic settlement common to the medieval period in Wales and the Marches. Such moated sites typically date from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries and served as the defended residences of minor gentry or prosperous landholders. The surviving earthworks at Bretton Hall preserve evidence of this medieval settlement pattern, contributing to understanding of domestic architecture and land use in medieval Flintshire.
Bretton Hall Moated Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL185. View the official record →
Bretton Hall Moated Site is a medieval moated homestead located in Flintshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference FL185.
Bretton Hall Moated Site dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a moated site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Bretton Hall Moated Site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL185.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section N of the Rectory, Hope (7.6 km), Wat's Dyke: Section E of Hope (7.7 km), Wat's Dyke: Section N of Rhydyn Farm (8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Bretton Hall Moated Site'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.
Bretton Hall Moated Site stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.