More information : SJ 9293 7155. Moated site at Jarman Farm. Scheduled RSM No 13514.
The site includes all but the extreme NE edge of a raised circular
island some 33m in diameter that is surrounded on all sides except
the NE by a dry ditch c.13m wide and up to 2m deep. Flanking this
ditch is an outer bank 7m wide and 0.3m high. Traces of an outer
ditch 2.5m wide by 0.2m deep exist on the western side of the outer
bank. Rubble and some dressed stones protrude from the ground in
places on the island's scarp and on the outer bank.
The name Jarman was previously Garman and Germans, and derives from
the Germyn family who are well recorded in local 16th century
documents. The monument is the only known example of a circular
medieval moated site in Cheshire. It is unexcavated. (1)
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