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Monument Types

• HOUSE? (Med, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1546 AD (at some time))
• MOAT? (Med, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1546 AD (at some time))
• MOAT? (Med, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1546 AD (at some time))

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 27: Moated site and fishpond E of Misson village

Full description

Remains of earthworks on the E side of the village. (1)
Pear shaped moated site as on 6in sheet. Moat c 7ft deep, with no water. No sign of stone on the mound. (2)
Gravel Pit. (3)
Not a gravel pit and no evidence of such in the immediate vicinity. This is a strong, small defensive moat ; the island shows much disturbance including a rectangular pit 0.7m deep probably the result of robbery, no foundations are evident. The owners of the property have no knowledge of the history of the site. (4)
Central pear shaped mound rises c 1m above the general ground level. (5)
See M18221 for adjacent fishpond.

<1> VCH, 1906, Notts, p 313 (Published document). SNT1383.

<2> DOE, AM7 - undated, no author (Unpublished document). SNT52.

<3> Fox RJ, --/03/1963, OS Corr 6in (Personal comment). SNT695.

<4> Colquhoun FD, 1974, Pers Comm (Personal comment). SNT582.

<5> Dodd A, 1988, AM107 (Unpublished document). SNT620.

<6> Pickering J, Air photos (Aerial photograph). SNT1148.

Other Refs: 1179/29,30 (NLAP SK 7552/17,18)

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