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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 43 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | MOATED MOUND, HALE HILL, NEAR HALE FARM, ANSTEY |
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Summary - not yet available
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| --- | Unpublished document: Ancient Monuments Field Report.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 |
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