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Irby Hall moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located in Wirral, Cheshire, representing a medieval residential complex of considerable local importance. The monument comprises the remains of a moated enclosure, a defensive feature characteristic of substantial landholding families during the medieval period, which would have served both practical and status functions. The site dates to the medieval period, though its precise foundation date remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The moat itself constitutes the most visible physical element surviving from this former domestic settlement, evidence of the investment made by its occupants in the security and conspicuous display of their property.
Irby Hall moated site, Wirral is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012628. View the official record →
Irby Hall moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located in Wirral, Cheshire, representing a medieval residential complex of considerable local importance.
Irby Hall moated site, Wirral 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 1012628.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Standing cross in the churchyard of the Church of the Holy Cross at Woodchurch (3.2 km), Grange Beacon, Column Road, Hoylake (4 km), Site of church and churchyard at Overchurch 875m north west of Upton Hall (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Irby Hall moated site, Wirral'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.
Irby Hall moated site, Wirral stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.