Peel Hall Moat

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; The Pyle

In the civil parish of Horton Cum Peel.
In the historic county of Cheshire (Modern Authority of Cheshire, 1974 county of Cheshire).

This site has been considered by some writers to be a castle but is rejected as such by Hogg and King as is considered to be a moated house. However, in the later Castellarium Anglicanum King considers it a possible motte (Had King forgotten his earlier dismissal or had he reconsider it?). PastScape records 'Remains of a moat and motte and bailey which were bulldozed in 1948.' This was a mound in the grounds of Peel Hall measuring '50ft in circumference' (sic - ? diameter) with gazebo on top. A medieval pele tower is said to have stood within a moat at the site of the current Hall.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Pele Tower.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Nothing visible remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ49846975

PastScape number; 68940

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Lancashire and Cheshire (Malvern) p21 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol1 p69 [possible]
Allcroft, A. Hadrian, 1908, Earthwork of England (London) p443

Journal Articles

Wilshaw, E., 1983, Cheshire Archaeological Bulletin Vol9 p34
Hogg, A.H.A. and King, D.J.C., 1970, 'Castles in Wales and the Marches (Additions and corrections to lists published in 1963 and 1967)' Archaeologia Cambrensis Vol119 p119-124
Lawrence, C.F., 1912, Cheshire Notes and Queries Vol10 p190-1

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Peel Hall Moat

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SJ49846975

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