What is recorded here

Moor End Castle belonged to Edward III, who spent nearly a thousand pounds improving it between 1363 and 1369 before living there for part of his reign. The rectangular island still sits inside deep water-filled ditches beside a working fish pond, preserving a royal domestic landscape rather than a military fortress. Conifers now shade the grassy square where kings once dined, while submerged causeways and hidden sluices hint at the delicate hydraulic engineering that kept the waters balanced.

The National Heritage List for England records Moor End Castle moated site and fish pond as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Moor End Castle moated site and fish pond was built in the 14th or 15th century, likely by a local landowning family, as a defensive and agricultural estate. It is important as a well-preserved example of medieval rural architecture and land management in England.

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