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Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall

England
List entry 1014210
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014210
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.6 hectares
Grid reference
SD 62484 07057
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Gidlow Hall moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located near Aspull in Lancashire. The site consists of a substantial rectangular moat which formerly surrounded a residential dwelling, representing a form of domestic fortification typical of the medieval period in northern England. Moated sites of this character were commonly constructed by minor gentry and prosperous landowners from the twelfth century onwards, serving both defensive and status-conferring functions. The Gidlow moat survives as an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and social hierarchy in the Lancashire landscape.

Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014210. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall?

Gidlow Hall moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located near Aspull in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014210.

Who is responsible for protecting Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall?

Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall 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 1014210.

What other scheduled monuments are near Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's Church (3.2 km), Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House (3.4 km), Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building (4 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
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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

The Moat House moated site 600m WNW of St David's Church
3.2 km
Haigh Sough mine drainage portal, 310m west of Park House
3.4 km
Mabs Cross on Standishgate, 20m west of Mabs Cross School building
4 km
Moated site at Arley Hall, Haigh near Wigan
5.1 km
Chequerbent embankment of Bolton and Leigh Railway
5.2 km
Headless Cross, Grimeford
6 km
Round cairn 280m west of Old Harpers Farm
6.6 km
Round cairn on Noon Hill
8.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall

Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around Gidlow Hall moated site, Aspull, 560m NNE of Pennington Hall

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~8.1 miles
Domesday entry for holland, Cheshire →
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