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Lightwood Farm Moated Site is a medieval domestic settlement in Flintshire, Wales, comprising a moated enclosure that represents a form of high-status rural occupation characteristic of the later medieval period. The moat itself survives as an earthwork feature that once provided both defensive capability and symbolic status to the farmstead, reflecting the social standing of its inhabitants. The site dates to the medieval period, during which moated sites were constructed throughout Wales and the English borderlands as residences for minor gentry and prosperous farmers. The survival of the earthwork demonstrates the archaeological value of such sites in understanding medieval settlement patterns and domestic life in the Welsh countryside.
Lightwood Farm Moated Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL095. View the official record →
Lightwood Farm Moated Site is a medieval domestic settlement in Flintshire, Wales, comprising a moated enclosure that represents a form of high-status rural occupation characteristic of the later medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Cadw under reference FL095.
Lightwood Farm Moated Site dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a moated site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Lightwood Farm Moated Site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL095.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Penley Hall Moated Site (2.8 km), Halghton Lodge Moated Site (3.7 km), Moated site and associated water management features 150m north of The Gadlas (4.2 km).
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