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Lea Head moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Staffordshire, England. The site consists of a substantial moat, characteristic of high-status residential settlements of the medieval period, which would have enclosed a domestic structure and provided both practical defence and symbolic demonstration of authority. Such moated sites were particularly prevalent in the English Midlands during the 12th to 16th centuries, with the majority constructed between the 13th and 14th centuries. The earthwork survives as an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and the material circumstances of the minor nobility or prosperous gentry who inhabited such fortified homesteads.
Lea Head moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011892. View the official record →
Lea Head moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011892.
Lea Head 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 1011892.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Old Madeley Manor: a moated site with late 16th century house, gardens and a watermill (2.3 km), Bowl barrow 120m south west of Dorrington Cottage, Pipe Gate (2.3 km), Moated site, four pond bays and an associated enclosure at Willoughbridge Park (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lea Head 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.
Lea Head moated site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.