Moulton, Kings Hall

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Kings Hall Park; Quapelode; Whaplode

In the civil parish of Moulton.
In the historic county of Lincolnshire (Modern Authority of Lincolnshire, 1974 county of Lincolnshire).

Medieval moat probably established in the late C12. It was occupied by the Multon family in 1313. There are references to the house made in documentary sources including its repair in in 1461. In the 1530s part of the building was still standing but had disapeared after C18. The moat surrounds a D shaped raised island measuring 85 by 80m and up to 1.5m above the surrounding area. The moat is water filled and is up to 18m wide. The northern arm is crossed by two earthen causeways. A trench was cut in the moat between during the Second World War by the Home Guard for a bunker. A thick layer of charred material and late C13-early C14 pottery was found. Considered an oval motte by King, Perhaps castle of Thomas de Moulton of 1216-17. Leland reported that 'Thomas Muleton knight had his castel in the fenne halfe a mile from Quapelode; wherof some smaul parte yet standith.'

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TF31252129

Modern Map from Good for landscape form and features	Modern Map from Good for general location
Air Photo from	1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 353789

• Web site links
  • http://www.roffe.freeserve.co.uk/earthworks/castles/moulton.htm
• Books
  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of the East Midlands (Malvern) p58
    Roffe, David, 1993, 'Castles' in Bennett, S. and Bennett, N. (eds), An Historical Atlas of Lincolnshire (University of Hull Press) p40-1
    King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p262
    Renn, D.F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker)
    Pevsner, Nikolaus, 1964, Buildings of England: Lincolnshire (Harmondsworth) p608 [slight]
• Journal Articles
  • 1980, Moated Sites Research Group report Vol7 p54
    1970, 'Archaeological Notes for 1969' Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol4 p13
    1968, 'Archaeological Notes for 1967' Lincolnshire History and Archaeology Vol3 p33
    Brown, R, Allen, 1959, 'A List of Castles, 1154–1216' English Historical Review Vol74 [Reprinted in Brown, R. Allen, 1989, Castles, conquest and charters: collected papers (Woodbridge: Boydell Press) p249-280]
• Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
  • Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p298
    Toulmin-Smith, Lucy (ed), 1910, The itinerary of John Leland in or about the years 1535-1543 (Bell and Sons; London) Vol2 p147