Monument record 0052501000 - MOAT FARM

Bulstrode Preceptory founded pre-1276 & dissolved 1308-12. Did not pass to Hospitallers (account of property 1309) (B4).
Probable that it stood on site of Moat Farm, which became capital messuage until manor united with Bulstrode 1686, when it became home farm for Bulstrode Park (B1-7,B21).
A change in ownership and proposed use for the field (grazing by horses) prompted a site visit accompanied by the EH monument warden. It was noted that the field was covered in long grass and that there were reeds in the lower parts. The new owner noted that there was sewage discharge into the field from the farm's septic tank. The earthworks were visible as a low undulating platform on the east side of the field with a broad low depression on the south and west sides. There is also a bank linking the hedgerow bank to the platform. It is unclear whether these are original elements of the site or the result of disturbance from adjacent grazing /road construction. However, the possibility that the platform does define the moated island ought to be considered (B19).