Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
Green Lane Farm Moated Site
Broughton and Bretton, Flintshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Scheduled monument
- Site type
- Moated Site
- Period
- Medieval
- Date of designation
- 3 July 1987
- Community
- Broughton and Bretton
- Unitary authority
- Flintshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates (centre of the scheduled area)
- 53.16735, -2.99805
- SAM number
- FL176
- Cadw record number
- 2225
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1608 "(13) Cambriae Typus." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Summary description and reason for designation
The following provides a general description of the scheduled monument.
The monument comprises the remains of a well-preserved medieval moated homestead. The site is essentially a U-shaped ditch enclosing a level rectangular area measuring 110m (NNW-SSE) by 80m max within which lies a coeval ditched mound. The ditch is still well preserved on the N and E having a depth of about 1m but on the W side it has been almost completely ploughed out and is now visible only as a slight linear depression towards the N end.
The monument is of national importance for its potential to enhance our knowledge of medieval settlement. The monument is well preserved and is an important relic of the medieval landscape. It retains significant archaeological potential, with a strong probability of the presence of intact archaeological deposits and structural evidence.
The scheduled area comprises the remains described and areas around them within which related evidence may be expected to survive.
Nearby in the register
- Rose Cottage, including forecourt wallNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Church of St MaryNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Warren HallNo class recordedunder 1 mi
- Manor HouseDomestic1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.