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Moat Hill moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Yorkshire. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure, the characteristic water-filled or water-retaining ditch that defines moated sites of the medieval period. Such sites were typically constructed from the twelfth century onwards and served as the fortified centres of manorial estates, providing both practical defence and a visible assertion of lordly status. The physical remains at Moat Hill preserve evidence of this important form of medieval settlement organisation, representing the kind of modest but deliberate fortification common among the gentry and minor nobility during the later medieval period.
Moat Hill moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011920. View the official record →
Moat Hill moated site is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011920.
Moat Hill 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 1011920.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Thorpe in Balne moated site, chapel and fishpond (4.3 km), Cross in the churchyard of St Helen's Church (5.4 km), Tilts moated site (5.9 km).
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