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Summary

Moated manorial complex 230m south east of All Saints' Church. The church is also included in the scheduling.

Full description

Two rectangular enclosures which are 40 yards by 50 yards wide. They are formed by a fifteen foot wide ditch and raised six feet above the exterior. There are other hollow ways to the north. This is believed to be the site of a manor house. The site was visited in April 1969 by the Ordnance Survey field inspector. {1}
The most northerly of the two courts is called 'Rout Yard'. These moats are supposed to have surrounded the second of the manor houses of Wragby. Of the two islands of this double moated site, only the southerly shows fragmentary building traces. The earthworks to the east are fishponds. There is a published survey on the Ordnance Survey map (25inch) revised edition. There are further cropmark features extending across the field. {6}
The site is that of one (almost certainly the larger) of the two early medieval manors of Wragby recorded in Domesday. A measured survey of these earthworks was made in 1979 and showed the basic outlines of a defended major residence. {12}
The site has an area of 1.5ha, a length of 170m, and a width of 90m.
In 1086 there were two manors at Wragby in the possession of Erenis of Buron and Waldin the Artificer. The surviving remains are thought to represent the manor held by Erenis of Buron which included responsibility for a church and priest and was the centre of a substantial estate. For much of the later medieval period it was held by the de Roos family and is thought to have been abandoned by the end of the 15th century. The former parish Church of All Saints, which stood adjacent to the moated site, is believed to have dated from the 12th century. The church was largely dismantled in the mid 19th century when the present All Saints' Church was built 300m to the north-west. {9}
A watching brief at 14, The Crescent identified ditches and pits along with unstratified medieval pottery. Part of an earthwork ditch running south-east to north-west was clearly visible in the garden of number 14 and the adjacent property to the north-west. {10}{11}

Monument Types

• DITCH (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• MANOR (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds

• SHERD (Small quantity) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Events

• Watching brief at 14 The Crescent, Wragby
• Site visit to moat complex at Wragby
• Earthwork survey of Wragby moated site

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument

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