Moat
Moat is an archaeological site in Wem Rural, Shropshire, England. Moat is situated nearby to the hotel Soulton Hall, as well as near the cemetery Soulton Long Barrow.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Soulton Hall and Soulton Long Barrow.
Soulton Hall
Hotel
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Soulton Hall is a Tudor country house located near Wem, England. The manor is associated with William Shakespeare and his play As You Like It, and the existing hall was constructed between 1556 and 1560 by Sir Rowland Hill, a prominent statesman, polymath, and philanthropist who is remembered as the "First Protestant Lord Mayor of London" serving in 1549-50. Soulton Hall is situated 680 feet southwest of Moat.
Soulton Long Barrow
Cemetery
Photo: TJatHAURC, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Soulton Long Barrow and Ritual Landscape is a modern memorial in the form of a long barrow in the Soulton landscape near Wem in Shropshire, England. Soulton Long Barrow is situated 1,900 feet north of Moat.
Wem railway station
Railway station
Photo: Andy and Hilary, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Wem railway station serves the town of Wem in Shropshire, England. The station is 10¾ miles north of Shrewsbury on the Welsh Marches Line to Crewe. The station has two platforms. Wem railway station is situated 2 miles southwest of Moat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Weston-under-Redcastle and Prees.
Weston-under-Redcastle
Village
Photo: AtticTapestry, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Weston-under-Redcastle is an estate village of the Sir Rowland Hill legacy estates. It is a civil parish in Shropshire, England. It lies 10 km by road east of Wem. Weston-under-Redcastle is situated 1½ miles southeast of Moat.
Prees
Village
Photo: Mike Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Prees is a village and civil parish in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Its name is Celtic and means "brushwood". Prees is situated 2 miles north of Moat.
Quina Brook
Hamlet
Photo: Mike Farmer, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Quina Brook is a hamlet in north Shropshire, near the border between England and Wales. Population details for the 2011 census are found under Wem Rural. Quina Brook is situated 2 miles northwest of Moat.
Moat
- Type: Archaeological site
- Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Wem Rural, Shropshire, West Midlands, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
52.86855° or 52° 52′ 7″ northLongitude
-2.67642° or 2° 40′ 35″ westOpen location code
9C4VV89F+CCOpenStreetMap ID
node 1775161578OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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