Monument record 1889/1/3 - Hatton Hall Moated Site

Hatton Hall moated residence is surrounded by a complex of ancillary enclosures, devoted to a variety of functions that included service buildings, orchards, paddocks and recreation. The enclosure boundaries either follow the edges of earlier ridge & furrow furlongs or cut across them, so post-dating them. On E side is a rectangular enclosure, delimited by a shallow ditch 0.3m deep. Its N ditch starts from NE corner of moat and its S ditch runs along S side of moat and leads into SW corner. Ditch designed to hold water, as there is a poss dam or sluice on N side. Two poss further closes to the N and a long narrow enclosure to the S. To W of moat is a square enclosure 125m E-W x 135m N-S, enclosed by a ditch 0.4-0.5m deep, divided by an E-W angled ditch. To N of ditch is complex of scarps, poss site of farm buildings. To S of ditch is an access way leading into enclosure and sites of buildings (1). Ewks to N of angled ditch were interpreted as poss tofts and crofts of village site (2).

<2> County Historic Environment Record, 1973-1985, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin, 6/17 Williams S R 1978 (Journal/Periodical). SCH565.

<3> Various, Aerial photographs, Hatton 1 & 67 Williams S R 1976 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<4> Various, Aerial photographs, /3199 RAF 1947 (Aerial Photograph). SCH128.

<5> Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 1883 -, Transactions of the Lancashire & Cheshire Antiquarian Society, 133/18 Williams S R 1984 (Journal/Periodical). SCH3293.