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Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay

England
List entry 1007405
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007405
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.91 hectares
Grid reference
NY 46404 23321
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Westmorland. The monument comprises a moated enclosure with an associated annexe, representing a form of defensive or status-indicating settlement characteristic of the medieval period. Such moated sites were typically occupied during the 12th to 16th centuries and often served as the residences of minor gentry or substantial landholders. The earthworks survive as upstanding banks and ditches that define the perimeter of the former habitation complex, preserving evidence of medieval land use patterns in the Westmorland landscape.

Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007405. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay?

Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Westmorland. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007405.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay?

Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay 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 1007405.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck (6.4 km), High Street, Roman road (6.4 km), Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill (7.5 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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Stone bridge, Cawdale Beck
6.4 km
High Street, Roman road
6.4 km
Round cairn north of Four Stones Hill
7.5 km
Two standing stones north-west of Four Stones Hill
7.5 km
Round cairn west of enclosure on Four Stones Hill
7.5 km
Enclosure containing four clearance cairns and a stone bank west of Four Stones Hill
7.6 km
Round cairn on Burn Banks
8 km
Romano-British farmstead at Haweswater
8.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay

Moated site and annexe south of Gale Bay stands on Ordovician Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Ordovician. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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