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Bruera moated site and adjacent field system

England
List entry 1012110
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012110
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.61 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 43630 60543
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bruera moated site and adjacent field system is a medieval settlement complex located in Cheshire, England. The moated enclosure represents a form of medieval domestic fortification common among the Anglo-Norman gentry and prosperous landholders of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The associated field system demonstrates the agricultural organisation and land use patterns characteristic of the medieval period, providing evidence of how the settlement's occupants managed and exploited the surrounding landscape. Together, the moated site and its field system constitute an important archaeological record of medieval settlement hierarchy and economic organisation in the northwest of England.

Bruera moated site and adjacent field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012110. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bruera moated site and adjacent field system?

Bruera moated site and adjacent field system is a medieval settlement complex located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012110.

Who is responsible for protecting Bruera moated site and adjacent field system?

Bruera moated site and adjacent field system 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 1012110.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bruera moated site and adjacent field system?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 120m north-east of Rose Farm (5.6 km), St Winefride's Holy Well at Holywell Farm (6.5 km), Holt Bridge (6.7 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 120m north-east of Rose Farm
5.6 km
St Winefride's Holy Well at Holywell Farm
6.5 km
Holt Bridge
Medieval · Bridge6.7 km
Farndon Holt Bridge Also in Clwyd: Wales
6.7 km
Holt Roman Settlement
Roman · Bath House6.8 km
Holt Castle
Medieval · Castle7.3 km
Fishponds at Esp Hill
Medieval · Fishpond7.4 km
Bowl barrow in Carden Park
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bruera moated site and adjacent field system

Bruera moated site and adjacent field system stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Bruera moated site and adjacent field system

Battle of Rowton Heath 1645Battle (1645) · ~1.9 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~13 milesBattle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~23.1 miles
Domesday entry for Lea, Cheshire →
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