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Chingle Hall moated site

England
List entry 1011878
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011878
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
SD 55681 35812
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Chingle Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Lancashire, England, comprising a substantial rectangular moat that once surrounded a residential structure. The site dates to the medieval period, likely the 13th or 14th century, and represents a form of domestic fortification common among the gentry and minor nobility of northern England during this era. The moat survives as a clearly defined linear earthwork that encloses an interior platform, indicating the former presence of a timber or stone building within its bounds. The monument provides archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and defensive domestic architecture in Lancashire.

Chingle Hall moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011878. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Chingle Hall moated site?

Chingle Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Lancashire, England, comprising a substantial rectangular moat that once surrounded a residential structure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011878.

Who is responsible for protecting Chingle Hall moated site?

Chingle 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 1011878.

What other scheduled monuments are near Chingle Hall moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cromwell's Mound Civil War fieldwork (2.4 km), Castle Hill motte (7.5 km), Roman settlement and industrial area at Winery Lane (7.5 km).

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Overview
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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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cromwell's Mound Civil War fieldwork
2.4 km
Castle Hill motte
7.5 km
Roman settlement and industrial area at Winery Lane
7.5 km
Claughton hlaew in Sandhole Wood
8 km
Penwortham Old Bridge
8 km
Round cairn on Parlick Pike
10 km
Brooks Farm packhorse bridge
10 km
Greenhalgh Castle, cultivation terraces south east of the castle, and site of Greenhalgh manor house
10.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Chingle Hall moated site

Chingle Hall moated site stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Goosnargh, Yorkshire →
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