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Hallsteads moated site is a medieval defensive settlement located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure typical of the high medieval period, when such earthwork defences became common among manorial settlements and smaller aristocratic residences across northern England. The moat itself survives as a substantial water-filled ditch surrounding the central platform where domestic and ancillary buildings would once have stood, representing the physical remains of a settlement pattern that was widespread during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both practical defensive purposes and functioned as status symbols for their occupants during the medieval period.
Hallsteads moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012821. View the official record →
Hallsteads moated site is a medieval defensive settlement located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012821.
Hallsteads 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 1012821.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Carrock End copper mine 230m and 490m south west of Linewath (3.9 km), Moated site west of Greystoke (3.9 km), Round cairn 390m west of Linewath (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hallsteads 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.
Hallsteads moated site stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.