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New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital

England
List entry 1014726
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014726
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.62 hectares
Grid reference
SD 69934 01123
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

New Hall Moat, Astley is a medieval moated enclosure located approximately 200 metres north of Astley Hospital in Lancashire. The site comprises a substantial rectangular moat surrounding a raised platform, characteristic of high-status domestic settlement of the medieval period. The monument represents evidence of aristocratic or gentry occupation during the later medieval centuries, when such moated sites served as defensive and prestige residences across the Midlands and North West of England. The earthwork survives as a significant archaeological feature demonstrating patterns of medieval settlement and land use in the locality.

New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014726. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital?

New Hall Moat, Astley is a medieval moated enclosure located approximately 200 metres north of Astley Hospital in Lancashire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014726.

Who is responsible for protecting New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital?

New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital 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 1014726.

What other scheduled monuments are near New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear (1.3 km), Morley's Hall moated site (2.1 km), Canal tunnel entrances and wharf (4.9 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Astley Green Colliery: engine house and headgear
1.3 km
Morley's Hall moated site
2.1 km
Canal tunnel entrances and wharf
4.9 km
Lime kiln and associated culvert 50m north of Worsley Methodist Church
5.2 km
Chequerbent embankment of Bolton and Leigh Railway
5.6 km
Wardley Hall moated site, Worsley
5.9 km
Promontory fort 300m west of Great Woolden Hall Farm
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital

New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

The wider landscape

Around New Hall Moat, Astley, 200m north of Astley Hospital

Battle of Winwick (also known as Battle of Red Bank) 1648Battle (1648) · ~7.7 miles
Domesday entry for Radcliffe, Cheshire →
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