Monument record 0031800000 - SE OF BOARSTALL CHURCH

Dimensions - Length 54m, Width 54m.
Plan Form - Square.
Homestead Moat at Boarstall, SE of the Church, wide and well preserved (B1).
APPEARS TO BE A MOAT. STILL IN GOOD CONDITION (B2).
CLOSE CALLED BARDALLS WITH MOAT IN CORNER: PERPETUATES BARDOLPHYS GARDEN MENTIONED IN DOCUMENT OF 1449. A MOAT AT BOARSTALL CALLED A FISHPOND IN 1633 (BUT PROBABLY CASS 0317)(B5).
AT NGR (B3).
TILE & POT FROM SITE: 00:001-002.


(SP 62651407) Moat (NR) (B7).

A well preserved homestead moat situated on level ground in the corner of an arable field. The moat is 16.0m wide at the top and 6.0m wide at water level, 1.3m below ground level. The water supply may have originally depended on natural drainage but is now augmented by the run-off from field ditches. A ploughing headland on the W. and S. gives the impression of a slight outer bank. The position of the original entrance cannot be detected.
The interior, tree- and bush-covered, measures 20.0m by 24.0m and is raised approximately 0.5m above the surrounding field. There is no evidence of building within the interior, but upcast from foxholes produced sherds of medieval unglazed buff wares including a stab decorated jug handle.
Surveyed at 1:2500 on PFD (B8).