Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLawn Farm moated site and two ponds

Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds

England
List entry 1011060
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011060
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.26 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 91327 45643
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lawn Farm moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located in Staffordshire, comprising a substantial moated enclosure with associated ponds. The moat, which survives as an earthwork feature, represents a form of domestic settlement and land management typical of the medieval period, indicating the presence of a manorial holding or substantial farmstead during the later medieval centuries. The two ponds associated with the site likely served practical purposes relating to water management, fish farming, or the supply of water to the settlement. The survival of these earthwork features provides evidence of the pattern of medieval settlement and land use across rural Staffordshire.

Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011060. View the official record →

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What is Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds?

Lawn Farm moated site is a scheduled ancient monument located in Staffordshire, comprising a substantial moated enclosure with associated ponds.

Who is responsible for protecting Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds?

Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds 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 1011060.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Simfields moated site. (1.5 km), Anglo-Scandinavian cross in St Peter's churchyard (3.5 km), Hulton Abbey: a Cistercian monastery adjacent to Leek Road, Abbey Hulton (3.5 km).

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Overview
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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
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds

Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.