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Moated site at Exhall Hall is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Warwickshire, England. The site comprises a substantial moat that formerly enclosed a residential platform, typical of high-status domestic settlements of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both defensive and status-demonstrating functions for gentry and minor nobility during the medieval period. The earthwork survives as a significant archaeological feature, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land management practices in the region.
Moated site at Exhall Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019141. View the official record →
Moated site at Exhall Hall is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Warwickshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019141.
Moated site at Exhall Hall 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 1019141.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Corley camp univallate hillfort (3.9 km), Cook Street Gate (5.9 km), Caludon Castle: a moated site and part of an associated water management system (6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Exhall Hall'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 at Exhall Hall stands on Warwickshire Group, bedrock that formed in the Early Permian. The rock here is siltstone and sandstone with subordinate mudstone.