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Moated site at Upper Denton is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cumberland, England. The site comprises a substantial water-filled or water-retaining moat that enclosed a residential or manorial complex, a form of settlement fortification that became widespread across England during the medieval period, particularly from the 12th century onwards. Such moated sites typically served as the strongholds of minor gentry or wealthy landowners who required both practical protection and a visible demonstration of status within their local communities. The earthwork survives as a landscape feature of archaeological significance, preserving evidence of medieval settlement patterns and domestic life in the northern English countryside.
Moated site at Upper Denton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013606. View the official record →
Moated site at Upper Denton is a medieval defensive earthwork located in Cumberland, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013606.
Moated site at Upper Denton 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 1013606.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nether Denton Roman fort, associated vicus and length of Stanegate Roman road (2.4 km), Eight Roman inscriptions in the Roman quarry in Combcrag Wood, 350m south of Hadrian's Wall (2.5 km), Hadrian's Wall and vallum between the field boundary west of Coombe Crag and Banks Green Cottage and the road to Lanercost at Banks in wall miles 51 and 52 (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Upper Denton'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 Upper Denton stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, argillaceous rocks and subordinate sandstone, interbedded.