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Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm

England
List entry 1007622
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007622
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.49 hectares
Grid reference
SJ 94243 50943, SJ 94095 50949
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Staffordshire. The monument comprises a moated enclosure, a characteristic feature of medieval settlement and estate management dating from the 12th to 16th centuries, surrounded by a water-filled ditch that served both defensive and drainage functions. The associated pond represents typical medieval water management practices essential to agricultural and domestic activity. The site represents an important example of the dispersed pattern of medieval settlement and land use that characterised the English Midlands during the medieval period.

Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007622. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm?

Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007622.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm?

Moated site and pond at Moor Hall 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 1007622.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site 80m south east of Hallwater House (2.9 km), Churchyard cross, St Edward's churchyard (3.3 km), Hulton Abbey: a Cistercian monastery adjacent to Leek Road, Abbey Hulton (4.1 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Moated site 80m south east of Hallwater House
2.9 km
Churchyard cross, St Edward's churchyard
3.3 km
Hulton Abbey: a Cistercian monastery adjacent to Leek Road, Abbey Hulton
4.1 km
Simfields moated site.
4.6 km
The Butter Cross, 650m west of Lowerhouse Farm
4.9 km
Consall Lime Kilns
5.9 km
Lawn Farm moated site and two ponds
6 km
Chatterley Whitfield Colliery
6.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm

Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site and pond at Moor Hall Farm

Battle of Hopton Heath 1643Battle (1643) · ~15.2 milesBattle of Blore Heath (1459)Battle (1459) · ~17.1 miles
Domesday entry for Rownall, Staffordshire →
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