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Summary

Moat at Manor Farm, Silk Willoughby

Full description

PRN 60286
A moat is known at this site and fragments of it survive as earthworks. {1}{2}{4}{6}
The moat is thought to have still been in use in the 17th-18th centuries. {1}
The 1905 O.S. map shows the moat, which appears to have been more complete at this time. {5}

<1> Silk Willoughby SMR cards, TF O4 SE; AK, X (Index). SLI3258.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Silk Willoughby O.S. cards, TF 04 SE; 7 (Index). SLI2720.

<3> BOND, C.J., 1979, MOATED SITES RESEARCH GROUP, NO.6 P50 (Unpublished Document). SLI558.

<4> R.H. Healey and D.R. Roffe, Some Medieval and Later Earthworks in South Lincolnshire, P136 (Unpublished Document). SLI4819.

<5> Ordnance Survey, 1902-06, 25 Inch County Series Map - Second Edition, 106/14 (Map). SLI3566.

<6> Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1992-1996, National Mapping Programme, TF 04 SE; TF0542; LI.843.3.1 (Map). SLI3613.

Monument Types

• MOAT (Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1900 AD)

Protected Status

• SHINE

Sources and further reading

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