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Name: | Medieval moat around Hall Farm, Ingarsby |
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HER Ref: | MLE8938 |
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Parish: | Hungarton, Harborough, Leicestershire |
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Grid Reference: | SK 6852 0536 |
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Map: | Coming soon |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1067 AD to 1539 AD)
Summary
Three sides of a polygonal moat survive around Hall Farm - presumably it was constructed around the medieval manor house.
Additional Information
Scheduled Monument description extract:
To the north of the village earthworks are the north, west and southern arms of a moated site defining an area with maximum dimensions of approximately 150m square. The moat has an outer bank measuring up to 1.5m high, and is an average of 8-10m wide and 2m deep, with the exception of a section of the northern arm which is up to 20m wide and 3m deep. Enclosed by the moat are some surviving grange buildings incorporated into Tudor and later structures. Earthworks on the eastern side of the moat show an extension of the northern arm and outer bank of the moat for 50m which then turns southward, at which point a large outer mound adjoins the corner. The southward ditch continues, but ceased to function as part of the moat at this point due to an uphill gradient, and represents stock enclosures together with a further ditch crossing it at right angles further up the slope. Some 50m to the east is an outer boundary bank running north-south dropping down 1.5m on the far side.
<1> Hartley, RF, 2018, The medieval earthworks of south and south-east Leicestershire, p157-8 (Bibliographic reference). SLE5736.
"These buildings are surrounded on three sides by a massive moat (t), presumably dating from the 15th century. On the east side the moat is not in evidence, and there is a broadly rectilinear area, enclosed by a bank (u). This would seem likely to be a garden associated with the post-medieval development of the Old Hall. The moat in this area may have been filled in, and the area levelled to create a formal garden with a parterre centred on (v)."
Sources
<1> | Bibliographic reference: Hartley, RF. 2018. The medieval earthworks of south and south-east Leicestershire. p157-8. |
Associated Finds
Designations
- Scheduled Monument 1009236: MOATED SITE AND DESERTED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE AT OLD INGARSBY
Associated Images
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