Monument record 0003300000 - DOVEHOUSE FIELD/CLOSE

Dimensions - Length 58m, Width 45m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
MOATED SITE, TRADITIONALLY OF KING LUDD'S HALL & LADY ST ARMAND'S MANSION, DESTROYED IN BARONS' WARS (B1-4).
WELL PRESERVED DITCH. SLIGHT DISTURBED AREA E & S OF MOAT (B5-6).
MOAT IN GOOD CONDITION. INTERIOR FLAT. DRY WITH STEEP SIDES. LOW EARTHWORKS ADJACENT. POND TO EAST (B8).
AT NGR (B9).
FIELDNAME SHOWN (B7).
SCHEDULED (B8).




(SP 65931711) Moat (NR) (B11).

Ludgershall, South-west of the church is a small quadrangular moat with which the traditional name 'King Lud's Hall' was still connected at the end of the 18th century (B3 and B4).

The moat is situated on level ground and well preserved. The internal area, 40.0m N-S by 22.0m E-W, is raised 0.3m above the surrounding ground, and enclosed by a ditch 10.0m wide overall and 0.8m deep. The position of the original entrance cannot be detected and there is no surface evidence of a building.
At SP 65881708, parallel to the W. side of the moat, is a fishpond 65.0m long, 8.0m wide and 1.0m deep. A bank of upcast 0.3m high extends along its W. side. A small intermediate pond 12.0m by 8.0m and 0.6m deep is apparently a subsidiary fishpond. All the features are now dry, both fishponds are truncated on the N. and the moat is now drained by a modern field ditch along the northern hedge of the field. The original method of supplying water cannot be determined.
The traditional name is no longer in use but the moat's proximity to the church suggests that it was the principal residence in the original village (B12).

Surveyed at 1:2500 on PFD.
There is a possible watermill site within the area of these earthworks (13)

NRHE Insert 1999 (B14).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.