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Cubley Hall moated site

England
List entry 1011619
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011619
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.79 hectares
Grid reference
SK 16421 37719
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cubley Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Derbyshire, England. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure that represents the residential and defensive arrangement typical of minor gentry or yeoman farmsteads from the medieval period. The moat survives as a substantial earthwork feature, indicating the former presence of a dwelling and associated structures within its protected circuit. Such moated sites were particularly common in the Midlands during the later medieval period and reflect the domestic economy and social status of their occupants during this era.

Cubley Hall moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011619. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Cubley Hall moated site?

Cubley Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Derbyshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011619.

Who is responsible for protecting Cubley Hall moated site?

Cubley 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 1011619.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cubley Hall moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval settlement, including open field system, immediately west of Bentley Fields Farm (1.7 km), Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm (2.9 km), Standing cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church (3.8 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.
Spotlight
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval settlement, including open field system, immediately west of Bentley Fields Farm
1.7 km
Medieval settlement, including site of chapel and part of the open field system, immediately north east of Alkmonton Old Hall Farm
2.9 km
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Peter's Church
3.8 km
Barton Blount medieval settlement remains, including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system, 340m north of Barton Hall
5.3 km
Cross in Rocester churchyard
5.5 km
Site of Rocester Abbey and part of Roman town
5.5 km
Dove Bridge See also DERBYSHIRE 56
6.7 km
Dove Bridge See also STAFFORDSHIRE 260
6.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cubley Hall moated site

Cubley Hall moated site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cubley Hall moated site

WallRoman town · ~19.8 milesWater EatonRoman town · ~23.3 milesBattle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~14.7 miles
Domesday entry for Cubley, Derbyshire →
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