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Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church

England
List entry 1017238
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017238
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.72 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 56054 21148
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Shropshire. The monument consists of a substantial moat, a water-filled ditch that once enclosed a residential or manorial platform, representing a common form of high-status settlement protection during the medieval period. Such moated sites are typically dated to between the 12th and 16th centuries, reflecting the social hierarchy and fortification practices of medieval England. The survival of this earthwork provides archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and domestic fortification in the region.

Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017238. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church?

Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017238.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church?

Moated site 140m east of St Mary'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 1017238.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval fishpond reservoir NE of Haughmond Abbey and SW of the hamlet of Haughton (5 km), Haughmond Abbey: an Augustinian monastery on the site of an earlier religious foundation, a post-Dissolution residence and garden remains (6.2 km), Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains and a building platform immediately north of Lower Grounds (6.2 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval fishpond reservoir NE of Haughmond Abbey and SW of the hamlet of Haughton
5 km
Haughmond Abbey: an Augustinian monastery on the site of an earlier religious foundation, a post-Dissolution residence and garden remains
6.2 km
Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains and a building platform immediately north of Lower Grounds
6.2 km
Moated site and fishpond 450m north west of Hunkington
7.1 km
Slight univallate hillfort, an 18th century folly and a World War II spigot mortar emplacement, on the summit of Haughmond Hill
7.7 km
Harlescott Grange moated site
7.8 km
Queen Eleanor's Bower: a ringwork, 710m north east of Bridge Farm
7.9 km
Canal aqueduct over River Tern
7.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church

Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site 140m east of St Mary's Church

WroxeterRoman town · ~7.7 milesWater EatonRoman town · ~22.2 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~4.1 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~12.9 milesBattle of Nantwich 1644Battle (1644) · ~20.6 miles
Domesday entry for Shawbury, Shropshire →
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