More information : Slight earthworks of a possible medieval moat seen on lidar images located immediately to the east of Old Hall Farm at SJ 4516 5127. It comprises two, possibly three sides of a broad ditched enclosure The farm is on the site of a former manor - Grafton Hall (monument: 68855)- which was sold and removed to the USA (1).
The site was mapped as part of the Cheshire National Mapping Programme project. A rectilinear mound surrounded by a broad, shallow ditch was identified on lidar imagery and appears extant on the latest 2010 aerial photography. The mound, around 50m in length, may potentially be a pillow mound (as identified in the Historic Environment Record - UID MCH1001) rather than a moated site, identified with Grafton Hall (2-3). |