Record Details
| MonUID: | MST56 |
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| HER Number: | 00056 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Littywood Moat, Bradley |
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Summary
A scheduled, circular double moat surrounding Littywood Manor House (PRN 00057).
Monument Type(s):
- MOAT (Norman - 1100 AD? to 1199 AD?)
Associated Events:
- EST1212 - A survey of moated sites in Staffordshire.
- EST3685 - An archaeological excavation at Littywood moated site, Bradley, 1958. (NRHE Name - Littywood)
Protected Status:
- Scheduled Monument 1017856: Littywood Moated Site
Full description
Moated Site: An impressive double moated site containing Littywood Manor House (PRN 00057). The site consists of:
A) A circular outer moat circa 215 metres in diameter;
B) A broad inner bank;
C) A broad inner moat;
D) A circular central mound (site of the cruck-framed hall).
The main earthwork is a massive, circular flat-topped bank with corresponding flat-bottomed ditch outside enclosing an area circa 100 metres in diameter. An outer bank 10 metres wide and 1.8 metres high for a short distance on the south-west side. The ditch is still water-filled on the east side and was probably originally so all the way round. In the centre is a raised area from which a slight causeway runs south-east to the outside of the earthwork. <1>
Sources and further reading
| --- | SST2865 - Survey Archive: R. A. Meeson (Staffordshire County Council). 1983-1986. Staffordshire Moated Site Survey (Survey Notes). |
| <1> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 81 NE - 1 (V.J. Burton - Ordnance Survey Field Inspector - 28-Jan-1927). |
| <2> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 81 NE - 1 (T.N.S.F.C. Volume 78 (1943-1944) by J.S. Horne). |
| <3> | SST3639 - Published Book: The Victoria History of the Counties of England. 1958. (VCH volume 4) A History of the County of Stafford, Volume IV, Staffordshire Domesday and West Cuttlestone Hundred.. Page 74. |
| <4> | SST390 - Index: Ordnance Survey. See cards. Ordnance Survey Card Index. SJ 81 NE - 1 (Transactions of the Old Stafford Society' 1956-1959, Pages 40-43 (by J. H. Simpson)). |
| <5> | SST216 - Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University. Ongoing. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs (CUCAP). EX90 by J.K. St. Joseph (Copy Held by HER). |
Related records
| 00057 | Parent of: Littywood Moated Manor House / Littywood House, Bradley (Monument) |
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