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Moated site at Wood Hall Farm is a medieval defensive or residential enclosure located in Staffordshire. The site comprises a moat, a water-filled ditch that formerly surrounded a raised central platform, typical of medieval manorial settlements of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites served both practical and status-conscious purposes, providing water defences and drainage whilst demonstrating the occupant's social standing. The monument remains substantially preserved as earthwork features and represents an important example of medieval settlement archaeology in the region.
Moated site at Wood Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007615. View the official record →
Moated site at Wood Hall Farm is a medieval defensive or residential enclosure located in Staffordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007615.
Moated site at Wood Hall 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 1007615.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Gunstone leper well (2.2 km), Moated site 330m south west of Humphreston Hall (3.5 km), Churchyard cross, St Mary Magdalene's Church (3.9 km).
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