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Bushwood Hall moated site is a medieval archaeological monument located in Warwickshire, England. The site comprises the remains of a moated enclosure, a defensive earthwork feature characteristic of the medieval period that typically surrounded a residential or manorial dwelling. Moated sites of this type were particularly common in the Midlands during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, serving as indicators of settlement hierarchy and seignorial authority in the medieval landscape. The monument survives as an earthwork and represents an important archaeological record of medieval settlement and land use in the region.
Bushwood Hall moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013156. View the official record →
Bushwood Hall moated site is a medieval archaeological monument located in Warwickshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013156.
Bushwood Hall moated site 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 1013156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 700m north of Ireland's Farm (1 km), Beaudesert Castle: motte and bailey castle and two fishponds (3.6 km), Moated site north east of Oldfield Farm (3.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Bushwood 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.
Bushwood Hall moated site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.