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Monument Number 921646
Hob Uid: 921646
Location : Staffordshire East Staffordshire Yoxall
Grid Ref : SK1437018830
Summary : Medieval earthwork moat.
More information : (SK 14351882) Moat (NR) (1) Homestead moat at Yoxall near mill stream, of quadrant form, 300 ft by 110 ft. (2) Three sides of a rectangular homestead moat, dry and in fairly good condition. There is a large inner bank on the eastern arm and on the eastern part of the north arm. (3) Noted in gazetteer, SK 144189. (4) This was the site of the ancient mansion of the de Yoxall family during the time of Henry I to Edward II; the remains of the moat were associated with a mill dam to the west side. (5) Noted in gazetteer, SK 143188, descriptive comments. (6) Noted in gazetteer, SK 143188. (7) This site was masked by trees on aerial photographs available to the RCHME during the National Forest Project, so was traced from the O.S map. (8a) Centred at:-SK 1437 1882 (Morph No. FR.37.1.1) (8) Site survives as described in reference 3. The interior is the garden of Moat House. (9)

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Source details : OS 6" 1924
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Source details : VCH Staffordshire Vol 1 1908 368 (C Lynam)
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Source details : F1 VJB 10-MAR-58
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Source details : Staffordshire Archaeol 3 1974 42 (M Hammer)
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Source details : Shaw S 1798 The History and Antiquities of Staffordshire Vol I
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Source details : Trans S Staffordshire Archaeol Hist Soc 24 1982-3 46, 58 (P J Larkham)
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Source Number : 7
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Source details : Moated Sites Research Grp 10 1983 32 (P Larkham)
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Source Number : 8
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Source details : Yvonne Boutwood/25-FEB-1993/RCHME: National Forest Project
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Source Number : 8a
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Source details : OS 1:10,000 map 1974
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Source Number : 9
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Source details : Steve Malone/11-JAN-1994/RCHME: National Forest Project.
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Monument Types:

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

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External Cross Reference Source : SMR Number (Staffordshire)
External Cross Reference Number : 934
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External Cross Reference Source : MORPH2
External Cross Reference Number : FR.37.1
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 11 NW 13
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1958-03-10
End Date : 1958-03-10

Associated Activities :
Activity type : MEASURED SURVEY
Start Date : 1992-08-19
End Date : 1995-03-31

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 921646