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Cunscough Hall moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located near Melling in Lancashire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding a raised platform that would have contained a timber or stone dwelling, a characteristic defensive and status-indicating feature of medieval gentry residences. The monument dates to the medieval period, likely established between the twelfth and fourteenth centuries when such moated sites were common among minor nobility and prosperous landholders in northern England. The surviving earthworks preserve clear evidence of the moat's course and the interior platform, providing archaeological evidence of domestic settlement and social hierarchy in medieval Lancashire.
Cunscough Hall moated site, Melling is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012504. View the official record →
Cunscough Hall moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located near Melling in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012504.
Cunscough Hall moated site, Melling 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 1012504.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross base 25m south of the tower of the parochial chapel, in the old churchyard (3.3 km), Standing cross 30m south of the tower of the parochial chapel, in the old churchyard (3.3 km), Moated site at Bickerstaffe Hall. (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cunscough Hall moated site, Melling'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.
Cunscough Hall moated site, Melling stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.