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Moated site at Burnhill Green is a medieval earthwork monument located in Staffordshire, England. The site comprises a substantial moat, a water-filled defensive or status-defining ditch that enclosed a residential or manorial precinct typical of the medieval period. Such moated sites were particularly common in the English Midlands during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served as domestic strongholds for minor gentry and prosperous farmers. The earthwork survives as an important archaeological record of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the region.
Moated site at Burnhill Green is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011059. View the official record →
Moated site at Burnhill Green is a medieval earthwork monument located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011059.
Moated site at Burnhill Green 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 1011059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Churchyard cross, St Chad's churchyard (3 km), Animal pound 335m south west of Rudge Hall (4 km), The Walls: a large multivallate hillfort (4.1 km).
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