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Pentagonal ditched enclosure round a square moat <1>. Polygonal outer ditch or moat (perhaps 7 or 8 sides originally) surrounding two surviving sides of what must have been a square enclosure. The latter now has a interior containing a house in different ownership. Inner moat 10-15m across and full of water; outer variable being encroached by ploughing on E where only small ditch 2-3 m across. Some enlargement by owner on SW. Adjoins church and so presumably a manor site <2>. On OS 6" map as site of palace [4057].
| --- | Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Soilmarks of ditched enclosure around moat, Bygrave. PNO 3032 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: HCC (Highways Dept). Part of manorial site, Bygrave. PNO 3347 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: HCC (Highways Dept). Bygrave manorial site, and cropmark of ring ditch. PNO 3349 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: HCC Planning Dept. Bygrave manorial site, and cropmark of a ring ditch. PNO 3377 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Linear earthworks, Bygrave. PNO 3471 |
| --- | Aerial Photograph: CUCAP. Linear earthworks, and manorial site, Bygrave. PNO 3938 |
| --- | Article in serial: Herts Mercury. 5.7.1902, p7 (cutting) |
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Bibliographic reference: VCH Herts vol.2 (1908). p102 |
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Renn, Derek. 1971. Medieval castles in Hertfordshire. p16 |
| <2> | Unpublished document: MWT (HCC) site visit. 10.3.1987 |