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Moated site north of Dannah Farm

England
List entry 1011623
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1011623
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
SK 31176 50474
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The moated site north of Dannah Farm is a medieval defensive and residential enclosure located in Derbyshire. The monument comprises a substantial water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch forming a rectangular or near-rectangular enclosure, a characteristic defensive feature of the medieval period commonly associated with manorial settlements and minor nobility. Such moated sites were typically constructed between the 12th and 16th centuries, with the majority dating to the 13th and 14th centuries, and served both as status symbols and practical fortifications for their occupants. The survival of the ditch system at Dannah Farm indicates the site's archaeological potential for understanding local settlement patterns and medieval land use in Derbyshire.

Moated site north of Dannah Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011623. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site north of Dannah Farm?

The moated site north of Dannah Farm is a medieval defensive and residential enclosure located in Derbyshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011623.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site north of Dannah Farm?

Moated site north of Dannah 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 1011623.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site north of Dannah Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Alderwasley Chapel (3.2 km), Standing cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church (4.3 km), Callow Hall moated site (4.5 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Alderwasley Chapel
3.2 km
Standing cross in the churchyard of St Mary's Church
4.3 km
Callow Hall moated site
4.5 km
Medieval settlement and part of an open field system, 250m north west of Callow Hall
4.7 km
Duncote Farm moated site
5.2 km
Butterley Gangroad and Fritchley Tunnel
5.7 km
Windley Moated Manorial Complex
6.9 km
Twelfth century tower keep castle, including sites of an eleventh century motte and bailey castle, an Anglian cemetery and a Romano-British settlement
7.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site north of Dannah Farm

Moated site north of Dannah Farm stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

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