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Knightley Dale moated site is a medieval defensive enclosure located in Staffordshire. The site comprises a moat surrounding a residential platform, a characteristic feature of elite dwellings in medieval England dating from the 12th to 16th centuries. Such moated sites typically served both defensive and status-asserting functions for landholding families of minor gentry or substantial farming classes during the medieval period. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains a significant example of medieval domestic settlement archaeology in the region.
Knightley Dale moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011054. View the official record →
Knightley Dale moated site is a medieval defensive enclosure located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011054.
Knightley Dale 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 1011054.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Norbury Manor moated site, 8 fishponds and connecting channels (2.1 km), Ranton Priory: a moated Augustinian priory (2.4 km), Bowl barrow on The Roundabout (2.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Knightley Dale 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.
Knightley Dale moated site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.