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| HHER Number: | 391 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | MOATED SITE, ARDELEY BURY, ARDELEY |
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Summary
Apparent moat, perhaps originally a motte, and possibly altered in early 19C landscaping
Images
 No image caption available © Hertfordshire County Council | |
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
- MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- SHINE: Ardeley Bury, medieval moated site, earthworks and parkland
Full description
The moat is complete though dry save for the south part of the NE arm which has been filled in <1>. Large area enclosed by ditch with large bank on W side. A substantial bank and ditch on this side suggest the work might have been a motte and bailey <2>, 'not unlike that at Walkern Bury in the adjacent parish. Sir Henry Chauncy described it as "moated round, with a Mount within the moat, and a Garden-place within the Mount, which seems to be a Mark of a Fortification in the time of the Danish or Baron's Wars"' <3>. Extensive landscaping (including the large lake in front of the house) took place when the house [4211] was altered in 1820, and earlier earthworks may have been altered then <2>.
The manor belonged to the Canons of St Paul's Cathedral, from before 1066 until 1808; a motte may be unlikely. Although it was leased out from 1141 the tenants were often canons.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Ardeley Bury moated site, and ridge & furrow. PNO 3942 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: Essex County Council. Moated site, Ardeley Bury, Ardeley. PNO 8919 |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1910. p36 |
| <1> | Index: OS Records. |
| <2> | Unpublished document: MWT (HCC) site visit. 18.3.87 |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Edward Martin & Max Satchell. 2008. Whear most Inclosures be. East Anglian fields: history, morphology and management. p160 |
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