12 metres in width. There is a V shaped ditch about 7 metres wide and two metres deep on the southern side of the Hall. Parallel and a little further south there is a scarp which suggests that the 7-metre ditch may have been cut from an earlier and wider ditch that silted up. The evidence suggests that a fortified enclosure existed on the site that was large for a manorial enclosure in the area. Close to a ford in the River Ribble the site is of strategic significance. The fortifications have not been dated. Some moated enclosures around halls in Lancashire served a decorative rather than protective purpose. Treasure The Cuerdale Hoard was found in the parish. See also Listed buildings in Cuerdale References Further reading The Treasure of Consanguinity, Ward Curedale, 2006, ISBN I 876763 84 1 External links Township and Manor Curedale Family in Ireland Curedale Hoard Convict ship 'Nile', Bahia, 3 November 1857 Curdell Joan de Keuerdale, Thomas Molyneux de Keuerdale Cuerdale Hoard British History online Cuerdale Geography of South Ribble Civil parishes in Lancashire