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Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure is a medieval monument located in Derbyshire, comprising a moated homestead with associated archaeological features. The site consists of a moat, a well, and an enclosure that together represent a typical arrangement of a medieval settlement of modest status, likely dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat would have provided both defensive capability and drainage for the domestic buildings that once stood within its bounds, whilst the well indicates permanent occupation and the management of water resources essential to daily life. The enclosure suggests agricultural or pastoral activity associated with the residence, reflecting the integrated nature of medieval domestic and productive space in rural England.
Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011618. View the official record →
Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure is a medieval monument located in Derbyshire, comprising a moated homestead with associated archaeological features. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011618.
Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure 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 1011618.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site in Mapperley Park Wood (1 km), Medieval iron working remains at Stanley monastic grange (2.4 km), Moated site and two fishponds at Moat Wood (2.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure'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.
Park Hall moated site, well and enclosure 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.