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The moated site immediately south east of Blake Mere is a medieval settlement earthwork situated near the village of Ellesmere in Shropshire. The monument consists of a substantial water-filled moat forming an irregular enclosure, characteristic of high-status domestic occupation during the medieval period, most likely dating to the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat would have served both defensive and status-affirming purposes, surrounding the residential and administrative buildings of a local landowner or minor noble. The site remains largely unexcavated, with its precise origins and the identity of its medieval occupants not fully established in the scholarly record, though its survival as an earthwork provides valuable evidence of medieval settlement patterns and land use in the Welsh Marches.
Moated site immediately south east of Blake Mere is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017013. View the official record →
The moated site immediately south east of Blake Mere is a medieval settlement earthwork situated near the village of Ellesmere in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017013.
Moated site immediately south east of Blake Mere 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 1017013.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sundial in St Alkmund's churchyard (2 km), Pan Castle: a motte and bailey castle (4 km), Medieval cross in Ightfield churchyard (5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated site immediately south east of Blake Mere'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 immediately south east of Blake Mere stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.