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Dodleston Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork located in Cheshire, England, comprising a substantial moated enclosure that represents a form of aristocratic or gentry residence characteristic of the medieval period. The site consists of a rectangular moat with associated banks and ditches that formerly enclosed a residential complex, though the hall structure itself no longer survives above ground. Dating to the medieval period, the monument reflects the settlement hierarchy and defensive or status-conscious architecture favoured by the landowning classes during this era. The moated site remains an important archaeological record of medieval domestic settlement and land management in the region, preserving evidence of occupation and territorial control that would otherwise be lost to agricultural development.
Dodleston Hall moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011786. View the official record →
Dodleston Hall moated site is a medieval earthwork located in Cheshire, England, comprising a substantial moated enclosure that represents a form of aristocratic or gentry residence characteristic of the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011786.
Dodleston 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 1011786.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Caer Estyn Hillfort (6.2 km), Castell Caergwrle (6.9 km), Bryn Alyn Round Barrow (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dodleston 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.
Dodleston Hall moated site stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.