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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 754 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | MOAT, THE WARREN, NUTHAMPSTEAD |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)
Associated Finds
- Bone or Ivory or Horn Object
Protected Status
- SHINE: Unfinished medieval moated site, 'The Warren', Braughing
Full description
Moated site, which originally comprised a square moat 3-7.5m wide, with an external bank 0.7m high and an internal bank 1.5m high. Several large spoil heaps were situated on the moat platform, and OS suggest the moat was unfinished. The upstanding remains were destroyed by the construction of the airfield in 1939-45 <1>. Remains of a denuded bank 0.25m high are visible, but damage from airfield construction and deep ploughing suggests that potential is low <2>. Excavation in 1945 produced 4 hearths, 13C pottery and a carved ivory pendant of the Virgin and Child dated to c.1200 <3>.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Article in serial: Dimsdale, Baron. 1968. Scales Park, 1270-1966; Herts Past & Present 8, 38-47. |
| --- | Article in serial: Andrews, H C. 1945. Nuthampstead: Scales Park; Trans E Herts Archaeol Soc 1945, p49. |
| <1> | Index: OS Records. |
| <2> | Verbal communication: Stewart Bryant (HCC). Information. Site visit 27.1.88 |
| <3> | Article in serial: Williams, Audrey. 1946. A homestead moat at Nuthampstead, Herts; Anqituaries Journal 26, 138-44. |
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