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Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm

England
List entry 1020281
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020281
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.33 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 54373 10251
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm is a medieval defensive and productive landscape feature located within the Attingham Park estate in Shropshire. The moated enclosure, surrounded by water-filled ditches, dates to the medieval period and represents a form of aristocratic or manorial residence typical of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The associated fishponds served both practical purposes in food production and aesthetic functions characteristic of high-status medieval and early modern estates. The site survives as an important archaeological record of medieval land use and settlement patterns within the wider Attingham landscape.

Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020281. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm?

Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm is a medieval defensive and productive landscape feature located within the Attingham Park estate in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020281.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm?

Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home 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 1020281.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site discovered by aerial photography (1.5 km), Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium) (2.6 km), Wroxeter Roman fort (3.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Site discovered by aerial photography
1.5 km
Site of Roman town of Wroxeter (Viroconium)
2.6 km
Wroxeter Roman fort
3.3 km
Churchyard cross SW of St Giles Church
4 km
Moated site, fishponds and ridge and furrow cultivation remains, 260m south west of Betton Alkmere
4 km
Iron Age settlement site in Bomere Wood
4.8 km
Moated site and a fishpond 160m and 280m south of The Farm, Charlton
5.5 km
Town wall section E of Belmont Crescent
5.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm

Moated site and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm 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 and fishponds 150m north of Attingham Home Farm

WroxeterRoman town · ~1.7 milesOffa's DykeArchaeological site · ~20.4 milesWater EatonRoman town · ~22.2 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~4.8 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~18.8 miles
Domesday entry for Berwick, Shropshire →
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