Moot hall

A moot hall is a meeting or assembly building, traditionally to decide local issues.

In Anglo-Saxon England, a low ring-shaped earthwork served as a moot hill or moot mound, where the elders of the hundred would meet to take decisions. Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls. However, many moot halls are on relatively new sites within later settlements.

The Moot Hall in Aldeburgh, Suffolk
The Moot Hill or Law Mount at Lambroughton in Ayrshire, Scotland

There are moot halls in:

See also

References
  1. "Moot Hall | Bedford Borough Council". www.bedford.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  2. "Moothall – Holton le Moor, Lincolnshire | Moot Hall, the village hall in Holton le Moor". Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  3. "Moot Hall, Keswick". Lake District National Park. 2005-07-29. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
  4. "Home". The Moot Hall. Retrieved 2023-01-11.
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