Scheduled MonumentsEnglandChapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage

Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage

England
List entry 1016694
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016694
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.51 hectares
Grid reference
TF 13027 89441
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Chapel Hill moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Lincolnshire, England, designated as a scheduled ancient monument. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding the former hermitage, dating to the medieval period, with physical earthworks remaining substantially intact despite the passage of centuries. The moat itself represents a significant engineering investment, typical of high-status medieval religious sites, and the hermitage occupies a position of archaeological importance within the landscape history of medieval Lincolnshire. The surviving earthworks continue to provide valuable evidence for understanding medieval hermetic settlement patterns and the physical organisation of religious communities in the English medieval countryside.

Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016694. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage?

Chapel Hill moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Lincolnshire, England, designated as a scheduled ancient monument.

Who is responsible for protecting Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage?

Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage 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 1016694.

What other scheduled monuments are near Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Cornelius's churchyard (4.1 km), Bleasby medieval village (4.5 km), Long barrow 800m south west of Kirmond Top (4.7 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage

Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Chapel Hill moated site: a medieval hermitage

LincolnRoman town · ~14.6 milesBattle of Winceby (1643)Battle (1643) · ~17.2 miles