Monument record 0041400000 - MOAT FARM

Summary

Remains of medieval to post-medieval moat surviving as earthworks and recorded during watching brief, and identified by LiDAR survey.

Protected Status/Designation

Planning Notification Area: Late Medieval timber-framed building and earthworks of Medieval moat & fishpond at Moat Farm

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Type and Period (1)

MOAT (Medieval to Post-Medieval - 1066 AD to 1798 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 50m, Width 40m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
REMAINS OF MOAT, NOT IN GOOD STATE OF PRESERVATION, WITHIN WHICH STANDS FARM RESIDENCE OF LOWER FARM (B1).
MOAT SURROUNDS HOUSE ON 3 SIDES, ENTRANCE OVER NW ARM (B2).
NOW DRAINED & LANDSCAPED WITH SMALL SECTION OF NE ARM WATERFILLED. SE ARM FILLED IN: ENTRANCE MUTILATED BY LANDSCAPING (B3).
NGR to SW arm of moat.
Watching brief carried out between April and July 2008 by John Moore Heritage Services during service trenching recorded the moat fills and finds recovered from the silts suggest that the moat was kept open until the late 19th or early 20th century century. See report for detail (B8).
Possible southern corner of the moat is not on the modern or historic OS maps. Shows on LiDAR as a clear, shallow, rectilinear depression. Part-utilised by drive into farmyard. Several sections of a medieval or post-medieval moat are visible on LiDAR as extant earthworks (B10).

Sources (11)

---SBC18865 Aerial Photograph: 12/12/46. RAF 34.3061. SP\825102. Yes. Yes.
<1>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p198.
<2>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. p282.
<3>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<4>SBC12479 Bibliographic reference: RAF A/P (COPY AT BCM).
<5>SBC19351 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1985. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.
<6>SBC23000 Unpublished document: Oxford Dendrochronology Laboratory. 2007. The tree-ring dating of timbers from Old Moat Farmhouse, Marsh Lane, Stoke Mandeville.
<7>SBC23197 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2008. Archaeological Building Recording at Old Moat Farm House, Stoke Mandeville.
<8>SBC23207 Unpublished document: John Moore Heritage Services. 2008. An Archaeological Watching Brief at Old Moat Farm House, Stoke Mandeville.
<9>SBC22686 Digital archive: Vernacular Architecture Group. 2000 onwards. Vernacular Architecture Group: Dendrochronology Database.
<10>SBC24679 Unpublished document: High Speed 2 (HS2) Limited. 2013. London - West Midlands Environmental Statement, Volume 5, Technical Appendices, CFA11, Stoke Mandeville and Aylesbury, Survey Reports (CH-004-011).

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 82764 10419 (72m by 72m)
Civil Parish	STOKE MANDEVILLE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Events/Activities (3)

Event - Survey: (EBC14168)
Event - Survey: HS2 remote sensing surveys (Ref: CH-004-011) (EBC17785)
Event - Intervention: Watching brief (Ref: SMOMF08) (EBC17136)

Record last edited

Oct 17 2024 9:41PM