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Moat House moated site is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Shropshire. The site comprises a moated homestead with an associated fishpond, typical of high-status medieval settlement patterns from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat itself forms a substantial water-filled ditch surrounding the residential platform, whilst the fishpond represents the deliberate management of water resources characteristic of medieval manorial estates. This combination of features indicates the site's occupation by a family of considerable local standing during the medieval period.
Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019206. View the official record →
Moat House moated site is a medieval defensive and domestic enclosure located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019206.
Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond 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 1019206.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Robin's Tump, 600m south west of Hill House (5.1 km), Caer Caradoc large multivallate hillfort, associated causeway and Caractacus' Cave on the summit of Caer Caradoc Hill (5.2 km), Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond'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.
Moat House moated site and an associated fishpond stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.