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Hafod Wood Moated Site is a medieval domestic moated enclosure located in Flintshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference FL179. The site comprises a rectangular moated platform surrounded by water-filled ditches, characteristic of medieval manorial settlements of the 12th to 16th centuries in the Welsh borderlands and beyond. The moat served both defensive and status-indicating functions, protecting a substantial residential dwelling and associated domestic buildings of a landowning family. Archaeological and historical evidence places the site within the period of medieval settlement expansion in North Wales, when such moated homesteads represented the seats of minor nobility or prosperous gentry families engaged in agricultural and pastoral administration.
Hafod Wood Moated Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL179. View the official record →
Hafod Wood Moated Site is a medieval domestic moated enclosure located in Flintshire, Wales, designated as a Scheduled Ancient Monument under reference FL179. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL179.
Hafod Wood Moated Site dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a moated site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across Britain.
Hafod Wood Moated Site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL179.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wat's Dyke: Section from Chester-Holywell Road to Soughton Farm (5.4 km), Wat's Dyke: Section SE of Clawdd Offa (6.2 km), Ministry of Supply Valley Site (6.4 km).
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