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| Name: | Etchingham Station, Etchingham : Undated ?Moat or Garden Feature (Site of) |
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| HER Ref: | MES3798 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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Designations - none recorded
Summary
Drainage ditches on the west side of Etchingham Station. These may be the remains of a decorative water feature shown around a house on a map of c.1850.
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD?)
- DRAINAGE DITCH (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- GARDEN FEATURE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
- HOUSE (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Description
[TQ 714 263] A small castle or fortified manor-house stood on the site of the Railway Station at Etchingham. [1]
There is no trace of a castle or fortified manor house in the area of Etchingham railway station. A map dated c1850 (see attached tracing) shows a house surrounded by a water feature, which Leeney may have assumed to have been a defensive moat. Little remains of the water-feature save for drainage ditches on the W side of the station, none of which can be said to resemble a moat. [2]
Whilst it has been claimed that a small castle or fortified manor house stood on the site of the Railway Station at Etchingham, no trace exists. A map dated c. 1850 shows a house surrounded by a water feature, which may have been assumed to have been a defensive moat. Little remains of this save for drainage ditches on the west side of the station, none of which can be said to resemble a moat. [3]
Map showing area of reported Medieval Moated manor house at Etchingham Station, Etchingham. For more information on this building please see: http://www.archaeologyse.co.uk/rohas/index.php. [4]
Sources
| <1> | Correspondence: 1952. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigators Comment. R.W.K 16-Apr-63. |
| <1> | Serial: Sussex Archaeological Society. 1846. Sussex Archaeological Collections. Vol. 87, p.200, (O.H. Leeney). |
| <2> | Correspondence: 1952. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigators Comment. F1 PAS 09-JAN-73. |
| <2> | Article in serial: Article in serial. Map c 1850 (Scale 1:5000 in Hist of Etchingham (L E Holland). |
| <3> | Report: Dr. A. G. Woodcock. 1980. East Sussex - Its Archaeological Heritage: Medieval Moated Sites. |
| <4> | Report: 1960-present. Rape of Hastings Architectural Survey. RoHAS No. 1268 (1996) Martin, D & B. |
Associated Events
- The Coal Yard, Etchingham Station, Etchingham: Watching Brief
- Field observation on TQ 72 NW 2
- Medieval Moated Sites, East Sussex : Archaeological Survey
- Etchingham Manor House, Etchingham : Historic Building Survey (Ref: 1268)
Associated Monuments - none recorded
Associated Finds - none recorded
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