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Upper Barn moat is a medieval earthwork monument located in Shropshire, England. The site comprises a moated enclosure of the type commonly associated with minor aristocratic or gentry residences from the medieval period, particularly the 12th to 16th centuries. The moat itself survives as a substantial ditch that formerly enclosed the residential platform, representing a defensive and status-affirming feature typical of medieval settlements in the English Midlands. Such moated sites functioned as administrative and domestic centres for landholding families of middling rank within the feudal hierarchy.
Upper Barn moat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012455. View the official record →
Upper Barn moat is a medieval earthwork monument located in Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012455.
Upper Barn moat 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 1012455.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 60m west of Ambleside (3.5 km), Stokesay Castle (4.7 km), Norton Camp: a large multivallate hillfort (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Upper Barn moat'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.
Upper Barn moat stands on Caradoc Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Caradocian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.