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HHER Number:43
Type of record:Monument
Name:MOATED MOUND, HALE HILL, NEAR HALE FARM, ANSTEY

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 411 328
Map Sheet:TL43SW
Parish:Anstey
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Monument Types

  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
  • MOTTE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Ancient Monument HT19: MOATED MOUND NEAR HALE FARM
  • Scheduled Ancient Monument 19:10473
  • SHINE: Two Medieval moated sites at Anstey Farm, Anstey
  • Area of Archaeological Significance 7
  • Sensitivity Map: moat and mound, hale hill

Full description

A tree-planted mound within a rectangular waterfilled moat. The moat measures 24m x 28m with arms c3m wide. The mound has a rectangular base c12m x 16m & rises to an oval top c3m above the moat. There is a second L-shaped moat to S <1, 2>.
The name Hale Hill apparently applies to the mound. Holmes thought it a small castle mound <1>; Renn considered it doubtful <3>.

Sources and further reading

---Unpublished document: Ancient Monuments Field Report.
---Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1910. - p35
<1>Index: OS Records.
<2>Report: TEHAS,1945.
<3>Bibliographic reference: Renn, Derek. 1971. Medieval castles in Hertfordshire. - p13