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HHER Number:6404
Type of record:Monument
Name:POSSIBLE MOAT, WESTFIELD FARM, WESTLAND GREEN, LITTLE HADHAM

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 423 215
Map Sheet:TL42SW
Parish:Little Hadham, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • MOAT? (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1500 AD)

Protected Status

  • Sensitivity Map: westfield farm and moat, enlargement

Full description

A possible moat at Westfield Farm [12199, 12200, 12201] <1>. Although Westfield was a medieval manor, nothing on the 19th century OS maps <2, 3, 4> suggests a moat other than a large pond by the roadside NW of the house. This still exists, and appears to be a spring feeding a stream which leads north and then east to the river Ash. The pond has a rough L plan, but its interpretation as a medieval moat is conjectural.


<1> Aberg, Alan, 1982, Field notebook (Unpublished document). SHT1511.


<2> OS 25 inch map, 1st edition, 1879 (Cartographic material). SHT8116.


<3> OS 25 inch map, 2nd edition (1897-1901), 1897 (Cartographic material). SHT8113.


<4> Tithe map and award, Little Hadham, 1844 (map) (Cartographic material). SHT1377.

Sources and further reading

<1>Unpublished document: Aberg, Alan. 1982. Field notebook.
<2>Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 1st edition. 1879.
<3>Cartographic material: OS 25 inch map, 2nd edition (1897-1901). 1897.
<4>Cartographic material: Tithe map and award. Little Hadham, 1844 (map).