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A moot hall is 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 decide on issues. The History of Anglo-Saxon England covers the history of Early medieval England from the end of Roman Britain and the establishment of Anglo-Saxon A Moot hill is a hill or mound historically used as a meeting place Some of these acquired permanent buildings, known as moot halls. However, most moot halls are on (relatively) new sites within later settlements.

The Moot Hall in Aldeburgh

There are moot halls in:
- Aldeburgh
- Colchester
- Daventry
- Elstow (near Bedford)
- Hexham
- Keswick, Cumbria
- Steeple Bumpstead
- Maldon, Essex
- Wirksworth, Derbyshire

The Moot Hill or Law Mount at Lambroughton in Ayrshire, Scotland. Aldeburgh ( IPA /ˈɔlbrə/ is a town in Suffolk, East Anglia, England; it is located on the Alde river at 52° 9' North 1° 36' East Colchester ( /ˈkəʊltʃɛstə/ is a town and the largest settlement within the borough of Colchester, in Essex, England. Daventry (ˈdævəntri or ˈdeɪntɹɪ is a Market town in Northamptonshire, England, with a population of 22367 (2001 Census) Elstow is a Village and Civil parish in the English county of Bedfordshire. Bedford is the County town of Bedfordshire, England. It is a large town and the administrative centre for the Bedford borough Hexham New South Wales|Hexham (constituency Hexham is a Market town in Northumberland, England, located south of the River Tyne. Keswick (pronounced "kez-ick" /ˈkɛzɪk/ is a Market town within the district of Allerdale, Cumbria, England. Steeple Bumpstead is a village in Braintree, Essex, England, 3 miles south of Haverhill. Maldon (ˈmɔːldən locally /ˈmɒldən/ is a town on the Blackwater estuary in Essex, England. Lambroughton is a village in the old Barony of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland.

There are moot hall sites or a moot hill sites in

Main article: Moot hill

- Dagenham
- Godalming
- Central Milton Keynes (Secklow Mound)
- various sites in Wiltshire
- Kilmacolm
- Barony and Castle of Giffen, North Ayrshire, Scotland. A Moot hill is a hill or mound historically used as a meeting place Dagenham is a suburban town in east London, in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, situated east of Charing Cross. Godalming was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Surrey, England. Central Milton Keynes is the Central business district of Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England and a civil parish in Wiltshire is an historic county located in the South West England region Kilmacolm is a Village in the council area of Inverclyde and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west Central Lowlands of Scotland The Barony of Giffen and its associated 15th-century castle were in the parish of Beith in the former District of Cunninghame now North Ayrshire. North Ayrshire ( Gaelic: Siorrachd Inbhir Àir a Tuath, ʃir̴əxg̊ iɲiɾʲˈaːɾʲ ə t̪uə is one of 32 council areas of Scotland.
- Lambroughton, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Lambroughton is a village in the old Barony of Kilmaurs, East Ayrshire, Scotland.
- Lawthorn, North Ayrshire, Scotland. Eglinton Country Park is a Park located in the grounds of the old Eglinton Castle estate Irvine, on the outskirts of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire

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Godalming was an ancient hundred in the south west of the county of Surrey, England. A Moot hill is a hill or mound historically used as a meeting place A kgotla is a public meeting community council or traditional law court of a Botswana village Milton Keynes ( ˌmɪltənˈkiːnz often abbreviated to MK, is a large town Leicestershire (ˈlɛstəʃə(r or ˈlɛstəʃɪə(r abbreviation Leics

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