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The moated site and two fishponds at Moat Wood is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Derbyshire. The monument comprises a substantial moated enclosure, a characteristic feature of high-status medieval domestic occupation, alongside two associated fishponds which served both practical and ornamental functions typical of manorial establishments. The site dates to the medieval period, reflecting the widespread practice of creating defended or prestigious residential compounds amongst the English gentry and nobility. The earthwork remains visible as a landscape feature and provides archaeological evidence for medieval land use and settlement patterns in the region.
Moated site and two fishponds at Moat Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011439. View the official record →
The moated site and two fishponds at Moat Wood is a medieval settlement earthwork located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011439.
Moated site and two fishponds at Moat 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 1011439.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange (1.3 km), Dale Abbey (1.8 km), Hermitage 170m south east of All Saints Church (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site and two fishponds at Moat 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 two fishponds at Moat Wood stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.