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Wardley moated site

England
List entry 1017054
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017054
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.03 hectares
Grid reference
NZ3078461890
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Wardley moated site is a medieval moated enclosure situated in Durham, England. The site comprises a substantial moat surrounding a central platform, a defensive arrangement characteristic of medieval domestic settlements of the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Moated sites of this type typically served as the fortified residences of minor gentry or prosperous peasant farmers, providing both practical water defences and a visible marker of social status within the local community. The Wardley example represents an important survival of medieval settlement archaeology in the north-east of England, preserving evidence of the landscape and social structures of the medieval period.

Wardley moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017054. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Wardley moated site?

Wardley moated site is a medieval moated enclosure situated in Durham, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017054.

Who is responsible for protecting Wardley moated site?

Wardley 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 1017054.

What other scheduled monuments are near Wardley moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowes Railway (3.8 km), Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany (4.5 km), Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower (5.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowes Railway
3.8 km
Colliery engine house at Washington F Pit, Albany
4.5 km
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall including Sallyport or Wall Knoll Tower
5.8 km
Newcastle Swing Bridge
5.8 km
Newcastle upon Tyne town defences: section of curtain wall containing Corner Tower
5.9 km
Old Tyne Bridge (land arches)
5.9 km
Hylton Castle: a medieval fortified house, chapel, 17th and 18th century country houses and associated gardens
6 km
Roman fort, Anglo-Saxon cemetery, motte and bailey castle and tower keep castle
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Wardley moated site

Wardley moated site 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.

The wider landscape

Around Wardley moated site

Battle of Newburn Ford 1640Battle (1640) · ~9.1 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~12.4 miles
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