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Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site is a medieval moated homestead in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference FL178. The monument consists of a rectangular platform surrounded by water-filled ditches, a common defensive and status-marking feature of medieval gentry residences from the 12th to 16th centuries. The site's location upon Triassic bedrock of mudstone, siltstone and sandstone would have provided stable ground suitable for constructing the earthwork platforms and maintaining the ditches that characterise this monument type.
Moated sites served both practical and symbolic purposes in the medieval landscape. The water barriers offered protection from raiders and unwanted intrusion, whilst the considerable labour required to excavate and maintain the ditches demonstrated the wealth and authority of the resident family. The ditches, fed by drainage through the Triassic substrata, would have been consistently water-logged given the site's geology and Welsh climate.
The survival of the moated platform at Wolvesacre Hall, with its ditches still traceable in the modern landscape, provides important evidence for the settlement patterns and domestic architecture of medieval Wales. Such sites typically housed timber or stone buildings on the raised platform, though archaeological investigation would be required to confirm structural remains at this particular location.
Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site is a scheduled monument protected by Cadw under reference FL178. View the official record →
Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site is a medieval moated homestead in Wales, protected by Cadw under reference FL178.
Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site dates from the medieval period, and is classified as a moated site. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Cadw — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Wales. The official designation reference is FL178.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two Round Barrows N of Whitewell Church (1.5 km), Pan Castle: a motte and bailey castle (2.8 km), Sundial in St Alkmund's churchyard (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 13 strands of Wolvesacre Hall 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.
Wolvesacre Hall Moated Site stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.