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The moated site at Wood Hall Farm is a medieval settlement feature located in Staffordshire. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular moat that once enclosed a domestic or manorial complex, typical of the high medieval period when such water-surrounded enclosures served both defensive and status-signalling functions for landholding families. The site's earthwork remains are substantially preserved, allowing archaeological study of medieval settlement patterns and land management practices in the region. Such moated sites were particularly common in the Midlands during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, representing an important phase of rural settlement organisation.
Moated site at Wood Hall Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007615. View the official record →
The moated site at Wood Hall Farm is a medieval settlement feature 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site at Wood Hall Farm'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 Wood Hall Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.