Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm

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History & significance

Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm is a medieval defensive and domestic complex located in Shropshire. The site comprises a moated enclosure, a characteristic feature of medieval settlement and land management, alongside a raised earthen platform that likely served as the foundation for a timber or stone structure of status. The moat would have functioned both as a practical water source and as a defensive boundary marking the precinct of an important medieval holding. The associated platform suggests occupation during the medieval period, when such fortified farmsteads were common features of the English landscape, particularly in the Welsh Marches where enhanced defences were strategically valuable.

Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019012. View the official record →

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