Monument record 0000301000 - E OF HULCOTT CHURCH

Plan Form - SQUARE
ANCIENT MOAT, NO REMAINS OF MANSION WHICH IT NO DOUBT ONCE SURROUNDED. FOUNDATIONS FOUND IN PLANTING TREES IN INTERIOR (B1).
QUADRANGULAR MOAT WITH ENTRANCE AT NW CORNER (B2).
HOMESTEAD MOAT: VERY GOOD EXAMPLE OF ITS CLASS (B3).
'MOAT' MARKED CENTRED AT NGR (B4).
SCHEDULED: SAM NO.32110 (B7).
Bierton and Hulcott Inclosure Award shows moat and connecting drain to fishponds to the E (CAS 02274) (B8).

A medieval and/or post medieval moated site is visible on historic aerial photographs and remote sensing data as earthworks and was mapped as part of the Aylesbury Vale Aerial Investigation and Mapping project (EBC18604). Located immediately N of Manor Farm and centred at SP 85395 16722, a roughly square moat ditch is between 6 and 10 metres wide. The S facing side about 88 metres long aligned W-E: the E facing side is about 95 metres long aligned S-N: the N facing side is about 101 metres long aligned E-W and the W facing side is about 93 metres long aligned N-S. At each corner there is a small extension of the moat ditch of between 10 and 20 metres. The moat encloses an internal platform about 76 x 76 metres. On the outside of the E facing moat ditch is a linear earthwork bank aligned N-S and about 74 x 9.5 metres. On aerial photographs taken in 2023 and recent remote sensing data , the earthworks remain visible (9-11).