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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 46 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | MOATED MOUND, SOUTH OF RENNESLEY GARDEN WOOD, THUNDRIDGE |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Protected Status
- Scheduled Ancient Monument 22:
- Area of Archaeological Significance 109
Full description
Circular earthen mound 12.5m diameter and 1.3m high surrounded on N, S and E sides by a ditch. This is square in plan, c9m wide and up to 1.8m deep, and now dry. Age and function unclear; it has been described as a moat or a barrow and on the OS 6" map as site of castle. In good condition <1>.
The SM description <2> calls this 'the most interesting of the moated mounds in Herts… a mound c11m square and 1.87m in height, standing on a square platform… [and] surrounded on three sides by a moat'. The moat is dry; the site is covered in woodland.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Unpublished document: Anne Wells (HCC) site report. 3.5.78 |
| --- | Article in serial: G Aylott. 1906. Earthworks at Temple Chelsing and Rennesley; Trans E Herts Archaeol Soc 3, 133-4. |
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: RCHM 1910. p209 |
| <1> | Verbal communication: Information, KAT (HCC). Site visit, Jan 1995 |
| <2> | Scheduling record: Scheduled Monument description. |
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