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Great Hall Spinney moat

England
List entry 1009596
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1009596
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.32 hectares
Grid reference
TL 10200 83713
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Great Hall Spinney moat is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Northamptonshire, consisting of a water-filled ditch that formerly enclosed a residential structure. The site represents a form of fortified habitation typical of the medieval period, when such moated enclosures served both protective and status-defining functions for landholding families. The moat survives as an archaeological feature of significance, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and domestic organisation in the region. As a scheduled ancient monument, it contributes to understanding the distribution and character of medieval moated sites across the East Midlands.

Great Hall Spinney moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009596. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Great Hall Spinney moat?

Great Hall Spinney moat is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Northamptonshire, consisting of a water-filled ditch that formerly enclosed a residential structure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009596.

Who is responsible for protecting Great Hall Spinney moat?

Great Hall Spinney moat 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 1009596.

What other scheduled monuments are near Great Hall Spinney moat?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Beaulieu Hall moated site. (1.6 km), Moated site and shrunken medieval village at Winwick (2.9 km), Deserted village (site of) (3.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Beaulieu Hall moated site.
1.6 km
Moated site and shrunken medieval village at Winwick
2.9 km
Deserted village (site of)
3.3 km
Deserted village (site of)
4 km
Hamerton Bridge
5.2 km
Site of manor house and gardens
5.4 km
Barnwell Castle
5.5 km
Deserted village of Caldecote
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Great Hall Spinney moat

Great Hall Spinney moat stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Great Hall Spinney moat

Water NewtonRoman town · ~8.3 milesFlag FenArchaeological site · ~11.6 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~12.2 milesIrchesterRoman town · ~15.6 miles
Domesday entry for Luddington, Huntingdonshire →
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