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Medieval moated site W of St Oswald's Church is a defensive earthwork of medieval date located west of St Oswald's Church in Cumberland. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure, characteristic of medieval settlement patterns in northern England, where such features typically served both defensive and status-affirming functions for manorial establishments. The moat itself remains a prominent landscape feature, defining the perimeter of what was likely a high-status residential site during the medieval period. Such moated sites are frequently associated with the 12th to 16th centuries, representing a significant phase of manorial settlement development in the English countryside.
Medieval moated site W of St Oswald's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007088. View the official record →
Medieval moated site W of St Oswald's Church is a defensive earthwork of medieval date located west of St Oswald's Church in Cumberland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007088.
Medieval moated site W of St Oswald's Church 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 1007088.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kirkoswald Castle moated site (0.5 km), Eden Bridge (0.6 km), Round cairn including prehistoric carved stone 620m north west of Glassonby (2.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval moated site W of St Oswald's Church'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.
Medieval moated site W of St Oswald's Church stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.