Monument record 0013600000 - WNW OF MOAT FARM

Summary

Medieval moat surviving as earthworks, recorded in field surveys

Protected Status/Designation

Ancient Monument 1016773: MOATED SITE IMMEDIATELY NORTH WEST OF MOAT FARM
Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Medieval moat at Moat Farm

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Type and Period (1)

MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Description

Dimensions - Length 85m, Width 46m.
Plan Form - Rectangular.
A deep moat encompassing about an acre of garden land, in which foundations of ancient buildings have frequently been met with. This is doubtless the site of a mansion of some importance (B1).
Homestead moat (B2).
Moat of irregular quadrangular form (B3).
Rectangular, waterfilled homestead moat, 85m X 46m, with an average width of 7m, & depth of 1.5m. 2 waterfilled extensions of E arm. No trace of any building found within enclosed area (B5).
Well preserved with 2 subsidiary arms running from N corner & E corner. Holds water on all sides. Causeway across. Heavy cattle use on island. Recent dumping of rubbish on SW side [1971] (B6).
Scheduled in December 1998: SAM 32104 (B7).

Sources (7)

<1>SBC14124 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P109.
<2>SBC12741 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P68.
<3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp30, 327.
<4>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
<5>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
<6>SBC4841 Verbal communication: Mike Farley (BCM). 1971. PERS COMM, FEBRUARY 1971, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
<7>SBC13932 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 1998. SCHEDULING LIST OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.

Location

Grid reference	Centred SP 88469 12639 (153m by 123m)
Civil Parish	BUCKLAND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire