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Name:Moat at Parsonage Farm, Stourpaine
Type of Record:Monument
HER Number:MDO4798
Last edited:Aug 23 2024 3:06PM

Location:Stourpaine; Dorset
Grid Reference:ST 860 093
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Monument Type(s):

  • CASTLE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MANOR HOUSE? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Summary

The moat is part of a complex of earthwork remains to the south of Parsonage Farm on the southern edge of Stourpaine village. It survives as a rectangular level platform with a peripheral bank surrounded by a partially in-filled ditch with a length of external bank on the western side. The moat may have been the site of an abandoned manor house. The moat is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery and aerial photographs and was digitally plotted during the Middle Dorset Stour AIM Project.

The record for this monument has been enhanced with support from Wessex Water.

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument DO241: Earthworks on site of manor house
  • Conservation Area: Stourpaine Conservation Area

Sources and Further Reading

---SDO18857 - Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 17-NOV-2005. NMR 24132/05.
<1>SWX1540 - Map: Ordnance Survey. Ordnance Survey Map 6in. 6 inch to 1 mile. 1969.
<2>SDO12569 - Monograph: Hutchins, J. 1861. The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. Volume 1. 3rd edition. 1. 305.
<3>SDO16339 - Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey Object Name Book reference revision 1900. 20.
<4>SDO11903 - Unpublished document: Quinnell, N V. Various. Field Investigators Comments NVQ. 19-DEC-55.
<5>SDO136 - Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 262.
<6>SDO16340 - Monograph: Cathcart-King, D J. 1983. Castellarium anglicanum: an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the islands. 1. 130.
<7>SDO13898 - Unpublished document: Lovell, J. 1997. Manor House, Stourpaine, Dorset. 11kv Mains Replacement. Archaeological Watching Brief.
<8>SDO16339 - Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey. 1900. Ordnance Survey Object Name Book reference revision 1900. 20.
<10>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 881408.
<11>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 881422.
<12>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. 882423.
<13>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. AA71/05853.
<14>SDO14738 - Index: Historic England. Historic England Archive. RCH01/096.
<15>SDO14739 - Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205404.
<16>SDO18034 - Aerial Photograph: Environment Agency. 16-NOV-2021. LIDAR Environment Agency DTM.
<17>SDO18857 - Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 17-NOV-2005. NMR 24132/05.

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