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Summary - not yet available

Monument Type(s):

• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• INHUMATION (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
• CARVING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Protected Status:

• SHINE (Unvalidated): Remains of a medieval moat and associated ponds, Grange Farm, Sawtry

Full description

1. Homestead moat at Grange Farm.

O2, Identified by officers of the Nature Conservancy, Monk's Wood as belonging to a grange of Sawtry Abbey. Besides the moat there are remains of two ponds and connecting ditches. In the NE is a headland with ridge and furrow and beyond this to the SW is a disturbed area, probably quarrying. The present farm is an insignificant building.

O3, Bungalow built in 1980, when c 12 skeletons were noted by builder but infilled without record. Many carved stones in the farmyard.

O4, The E arm has been filled in. Pond looks recently made. There is no bungalow to be seen here but a new 2 storey house.
Classification:
Status: homestead
Building: yes C20
Occupied:yes
Water supply: surface
Associated mill no
Surface finds carved stones in farmyard
Aerial photos no
Enclosure plan ?
Enclosure type partial now
Enclosure banks noneWet moat
Size: width: 8m depth: 75cm to surface
Appendages: ponds
Ridge and furrow: none

<1> RCHM, 1926, An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Huntingdonshire, 231 (Bibliographic reference). SCB12619.

<2> 1968, OS 1:2500 map (Map). SCB8790.

<3> Seaman, B.H., Field Investigator Comments, 8/12/70 (Verbal communication). SCB61886.

Sources and further reading

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