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Sharrow Hall moated site is a medieval settlement complex located in Derbyshire, comprising a substantial moated enclosure with associated archaeological features dating from the medieval period. The site includes the moated platform itself, a historic driveway and road system, a dovecote structure, additional field enclosures, and surviving ridge and furrow cultivation patterns that attest to the agricultural use of the surrounding landscape. The moated element represents a form of settlement focus typical of the medieval period, when such water-bound enclosures served defensive and status-related functions for manorial establishments. The survival of multiple components, including both the domestic and agricultural infrastructure, provides evidence of a coherent medieval landholding and its management practices over time.
Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014590. View the official record →
Sharrow Hall moated site is a medieval settlement complex located in Derbyshire, comprising a substantial moated enclosure with associated archaeological features dating from the medieval period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014590.
Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow 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 1014590.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Lower Thurvaston medieval settlement, including part of the open field system (0.5 km), Shrunken medieval village and moated site at Thurvaston (1.1 km), Barton Blount medieval settlement remains, including a chapel, decoy pond and part of the open field system, 340m north of Barton Hall (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow'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.
Sharrow Hall moated site and associated road, driveway, dovecote, enclosures and ridge and furrow stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.