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Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley Farm is a complex of medieval earthworks located in Cheshire, comprising a moated enclosure together with the physical remains of a settlement and its associated agricultural landscape. The monument dates from the medieval period, when such moated sites served defensive and status-bearing functions whilst simultaneously facilitating agricultural management and habitation. The earthwork evidence preserves traces of occupation patterns and land use characteristic of medieval rural settlement in north-west England, with the field system indicating the organisation of surrounding arable and pastoral land during this period.
Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018079. View the official record →
Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley Farm is a complex of medieval earthworks located in Cheshire, comprising a moated enclosure together with the physical remains of a settlement and its associated agricultural landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018079.
Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley 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 1018079.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bunbury locks, bridge and stables (0.5 km), Robin Hood's Tump bowl barrow (1.1 km), Garden gateway at Tilstone Hall 130m south of Tilstone Hall Farm (1.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley 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 sites, settlement remains and associated field system 450m east of Southley Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.