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The moated site and associated raised earthen platform 510 metres north of Mill Farm is a medieval settlement monument located in Shropshire. The site comprises a substantial moat, likely dating to the medieval period, which encloses or defines the principal domestic enclosure, together with an adjacent raised earthen platform that may have supported a structure of significance or served a functional purpose within the settlement hierarchy. Such moated sites represent a characteristic form of medieval aristocratic or gentry residence, particularly common in the English Midlands during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The earthwork remains, though degraded, preserve evidence of medieval land use and settlement organisation in the Shropshire landscape.
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 →
The moated site and associated raised earthen platform 510 metres north of Mill Farm is a medieval settlement monument located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019012.
Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm 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 1019012.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman villa NE of Cottage Coppice (1.5 km), Moated site at Whitwell (1.6 km), Medieval cross in Holy Trinity churchyard (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Moated site and an associated raised earthen platform 510m north of Mill Farm stands on Llandovery Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Llandovery. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.