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Aikton Hall
Hob Uid: 10065
Location : Cumbria Allerdale Aikton
Grid Ref : NY2814352880
Summary : Moated earthworks, probably of a rectory.
More information : (NY 28125282) Aikton Hall, The Rectory. (1) The Rectory at Aikton is known as Aikton Hall. The ONB however mentions these as two separate buildings. (2-3) In the grounds to the east of the Rectory, the foundations of some older buildings may be traced. Near to these foundations is a deep ditch, which has suggested a moated rectory, and there is a distinct depression leading in a southerly direction from the ditch towards Down Hall, as if the defensive works of the rectory at one time had been connected with the moated stronghold (NY 25 SE 5). (4) No building foundations are now discernible. The ditch is virtually filled in, leaving three small ornamental ponds, and the whole is ill-defined. In the absence of any other obvious function, it may represent the eastern arm of a wet moat, but any connection with Down Hall is unlikely. Surveyed at 1:2500. (5) Aikton Hall. Discussed as part of a complex including Downland `Castles'. (6)

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Source details : OS 6" 1957
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Source details : Trans Cumb & Westm Antiq Archaeol Soc NS 13 1913 272 (H Barnes)
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Source details : Ordnance Name Book Cumb 22 SW 1899 5
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Source details : Hist Topo and Direct Cumb 1907 104 (Bulmer and Co)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 BHP 26-NOV-68
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Source Number : 6
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Source details : Trans Cumb & Westm Antiq Archaeol Soc 87 1987 67-82 fig (J Bennett, A Herne and A Whitworth)
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat, Vicarage
Evidence : Conjectural Evidence, Earthwork

Monument Period Name : Post Medieval
Display Date : Post Medieval
Monument End Date : 1901
Monument Start Date : 1540
Monument Type : Moat, Vicarage
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NY 25 SE 4
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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1968-11-26
End Date : 1968-11-26

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Aikton Hall