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Old Moat House Medieval Moat is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Bold, Lancashire, dating to the medieval period. The site comprises a substantial earthwork consisting of a raised mound with associated ditching, characteristic of domestic or manorial fortifications constructed during the twelfth to thirteenth centuries. The moat represents a typical example of the ringwork fortifications that proliferated across north-west England during the medieval period, serving as the defended residence of a local landholding family. Such monuments provide evidence of the dispersed pattern of medieval settlement and the importance of fortified domestic architecture amongst the gentry and minor nobility of Lancashire.
Old Moat House Medieval Moat, Bold is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017582. View the official record →
Old Moat House Medieval Moat is a motte-and-bailey fortification located in Bold, Lancashire, dating to the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017582.
Old Moat House Medieval Moat, Bold 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 1017582.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Old Bold Hall moated site, Bold (2.2 km), Bradlegh Old Hall moated site and fishpond (2.5 km), Barrow Old Hall moated site, Great Sankey (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Old Moat House Medieval Moat, Bold'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.
Old Moat House Medieval Moat, Bold stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.