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Shenstone Park moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Staffordshire, England. The site comprises a moat enclosing an area of residential occupation, a characteristic defensive feature of medieval manorial settlements dating from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites were common amongst the gentry and minor nobility of the Midlands during this period, serving both as practical water defences and as visible expressions of status and landholding. The earthwork remains survive as a substantial archaeological feature, preserving evidence of the settlement pattern and social hierarchy of medieval rural society.
Shenstone Park moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009035. View the official record →
Shenstone Park moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Staffordshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009035.
Shenstone Park moated site 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 1009035.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman site, Letocetum (3.8 km), Hillfort known as The Castle Fort at Castlebank Plantation (5.8 km), Grey Friars (5.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Shenstone Park moated site'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.
Shenstone Park moated site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.