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Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood is a medieval settlement complex in Shropshire comprising a moated enclosure and associated field boundaries. The moated site itself represents a form of medieval domestic settlement typical of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, when such water-surrounded homesteads served both defensive and status-marking functions for minor gentry and substantial landholders. The accompanying field system reflects medieval or early post-medieval agricultural organisation of the surrounding landscape. The monument survives as earthwork remains and represents an important record of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the county.
Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017012. View the official record →
Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood is a medieval settlement complex in Shropshire comprising a moated enclosure and associated field boundaries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017012.
Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood 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 1017012.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton (2 km), Motte and bailey castle on Castle Hill, and the associated remains of a park pale, a fishpond and a formal garden (2.7 km), Dovecote 300m south of Hodnet Hall (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood'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.
Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.