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Moated site at Jarman Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cheshire, England. The site consists of a moat, a water-filled ditch that once surrounded a residential or manorial dwelling, representing a common form of domestic fortification employed by the gentry and minor nobility during the medieval period. Such moated sites, of which numerous examples survive across northern England, typically date from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served both defensive and status-defining purposes. The earthwork at Jarman Farm survives as an archaeological monument preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and the organisation of landed estates in the region.
Moated site at Jarman Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009860. View the official record →
Moated site at Jarman Farm is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cheshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009860.
Moated site at Jarman 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 1009860.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round cairn 200m south-west of Sutton Hall (0.5 km), Ridge Hall moated site and annexe (1.6 km), Wayside cross 500m north of Sutton End Farm (3.5 km).
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