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Monument Number 42725
Hob Uid: 42725
Location : Lancashire Preston Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SD5410033510
Summary : Site of a fortified manor house, mentioned in documentary sources in the 16th century and demolished circa 1800. Traces of a moat and slight earthworks survive.
More information : (SD 54103351) Broughton Tower (NR) (site of) (NAT) Moat (NR). (1) Broughton Tower was built as a fortified manor house by one of the Singletons, a family mentioned in 1471. In the 16th century, the Tower was a strongly built house surrounded by a moat. The last remains were taken down in 1800. (2-3) There are no surfaces indications of the Tower other than a slight rise at the published site. Only the north west side of the moat is well defined, the remainder is mutilated and partly filled in, but can still be traced. (4) Published survey (25") revised. (5) Condition unchanged. (6) The site was mapped with reference to historic aerial photography and lidar imagery as part of the Lancashire NMP. Medieval earthworks relating to the moat and platforms of unknown function were identified on historic vertical aerial photography (7). The moat was filled in during the 1930s as part of water works being carried out at the site (8). It should therefore be noted that the earthworks mapped as part of this project represent the state of the moat after this event and not in its orginal form. A rectilinear enclosure that likely represent another moated site was also mapped as part of the project on the other side of Moss Leach Brook. These features are partially extant on the latest 2013 aerial photography (9).

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Source details : OS 6" 1929-38
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Source details : T Lancs & Ches AS 19 1901 75 (H Fishwick)
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Source details : VCH 7 1912 118 (W Farrer & J Brownbill)
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Source details : F1 EG 20-FEB-58
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Source details : F2 FDC 19-JAN-59
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Source details : F3 RE 13-SEP-75
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Source details : CLU 9214/1403 08-FEB-1979
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Lancashire HER (PRN109). From: Leslie Irving Gibson (1977). Lancashire Castles and Towers. Clapham, North Yorkshire: Dalesman Books. p. 17-18.
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : Next Perspectives APGB Imagery SD 5433 25-MAR-2013
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : c1800
Monument End Date : 1810
Monument Start Date : 1790
Monument Type : Fortified Manor House
Evidence : Earthwork, Demolished Building

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lancashire)
External Cross Reference Number : MLA109
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lancashire)
External Cross Reference Number : MLA23604
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lancashire)
External Cross Reference Number : MLA23603
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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Lancashire)
External Cross Reference Number : MLA23605
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SD 53 SW 5
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1958-02-20
End Date : 1958-02-20

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1959-01-19
End Date : 1959-01-19

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1975-09-13
End Date : 1975-09-13

Associated Activities :
Activity type : EVALUATION
Start Date : 1990-01-01
End Date : 1990-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 42725