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Name:Moat at Moigne Court, Owermoigne
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO1868
Last edited:Nov 27 2024 2:53PM

Location:Owermoigne; Dorset
Grid Reference:SY 770 857
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Monument Type(s):

  • BUILDING (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Summary

A moat enclosing a square area of about two thirds of an acre around Moigne Court. The ditch of the moat is now mostly dry and partly filled in. The southern part remains open and is about fifty feet wide at the top and between 5 and 8 feet deep, while the ditch on the northern side is around 3 feet deep.

Sources and Further Reading

---SWX8684 - Unpublished document: Coulson, C. 1989. Letter, Dr C Coulson.
<1>SWX1269 - Monograph: Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds). 1863. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2. Vol 2. 454-8.
<2>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1963.
<3>SDO148 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England). 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1. Volume Two (South East) Part I. 184-186.
<4>SWX1290 - Monograph: Newman, J, and Pevsner, N. 1972. The Buildings of England: Dorset. 309-10.
<5>SWX1687 - Monograph: Department of the Environment. 1978. Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2). Vol 2. 82.
<6>SDO14051 - Unpublished document: Upton, K L. 1978. The Moated Sites of Dorset. 31-2.
<7>SDO11900 - Unpublished document: Barton, J G. Various. Field Investigators Comments JGB. F2 JGB 25-JAN-80.
<8>SDO17434 - Unpublished document: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East).
<9>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive.
<10>SDO13151 - Aerial Photograph: Dorset County Council. XX-XXX-2005. Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile.
<11>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 453903.

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