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A moated site and fishponds 500 metres southeast of Eaton is a medieval settlement complex comprising an enclosed residential platform surrounded by water-filled ditches, together with associated pond features. The moated enclosure represents a form of domestic fortification and status display typical of the 12th to 16th centuries, when such features became increasingly common among gentry and minor nobility across the English Midlands and northwest. The fishponds would have served both practical functions as sources of food and aesthetic purposes within the aristocratic landscape. The site survives as an earthwork monument, with the moat banks and pond outlines still visible in the topography, providing evidence of medieval settlement hierarchy and land management in the Cheshire countryside.
Moated site and fishponds 500m SE of Eaton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011794. View the official record →
A moated site and fishponds 500 metres southeast of Eaton is a medieval settlement complex comprising an enclosed residential platform surrounded by water-filled ditches, together with associated pond features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011794.
Moated site and fishponds 500m SE of Eaton 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 1011794.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Garden gateway at Tilstone Hall 130m south of Tilstone Hall Farm (2.4 km), Cross base and shaft in St Helen's churchyard (2.6 km), Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow (3.2 km).
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