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Foulk Stapleford moated site is a medieval defensive enclosure located in Cheshire, England. The site comprises a moated homestead, a form of settlement characteristic of the medieval period, particularly common in the English Midlands and North West during the thirteenth to sixteenth centuries. The moat, which originally surrounded the residential and domestic structures, served both defensive and status-signifying functions typical of manorial settlements of this era. The site represents an important example of medieval settlement archaeology and demonstrates the pattern of dispersed, defended farmsteads that characterised rural Cheshire during the later medieval period.
Foulk Stapleford moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011790. View the official record →
Foulk Stapleford moated site is a medieval defensive enclosure located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011790.
Foulk Stapleford 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 1011790.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lower Huxley Hall moated site (2.3 km), Hatton Hall moated site (3.3 km), Roman camp 50m south of Elm Bank (3.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Foulk Stapleford 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.
Foulk Stapleford moated site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.