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Gidlow Hall moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Aspull, Lancashire, approximately 560 metres north-north-east of Pennington Hall. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat that once surrounded a residential structure, representing a typical form of medieval domestic fortification common amongst minor gentry and prosperous landholders in North West England during the later medieval period. The moat survives as a water-filled or partially water-filled earthwork feature, with banks defining the perimeter of the former defensive enclosure. Such moated sites, though less widespread in Lancashire than in southern counties, indicate the medieval settlement hierarchy and the defensive or status-defining functions of domestic architecture in the region during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries.
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 →
Gidlow Hall moated site is a medieval moated enclosure located in Aspull, Lancashire, approximately 560 metres north-north-east of Pennington Hall. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014210.
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.
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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