If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Monument Types

• BUILDING (Late Medieval to Late Post-medieval - 1350 AD? to 1700 AD?)
• GARDEN (Early Post-medieval - 1540 AD to 1699 AD)

Summary

The site is Scheduled as a medieval farmstead. Earthwork survey in the 1980s noted areas of old buildings and levelled terraces, apparently a 'fairly typical manorial garden of the 16th or 17th century'.

Additional Information

<1> Historic England, National Heritage List for England, https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1017678 (Website). SLE7874.

Scheduled Monument description extract:
"The farmstead lay within a rectangular enclosure, bounded to the west and along much of the southern and northern sides by banks and ditches. The southern ditch, which has been recut, and the eastern boundary, which is no longer evident, are not included in the scheduling. In the south eastern quarter of the site is a slightly raised, square platform, believed to represent the site of the medieval farmhouse. Although the building itself is not visible on the surface its buried remains will provide evidence for the plan of the house. To the west and north west of the platform are several small closes which are defined by low banks and drainage channels, whilst to the south are the remains of a pair of linear ponds, now seasonally waterfilled."
Scheduled 04/10/1957, most recent amendment 24/10/1997

<2> Hartley R F, 2008, Medieval Earthworks of South-West Leicestershire (Hinckley & Bosworth), p63-64 (Bibliographic reference). SLE1014.

"In the south-west corner of the village are earthwork remains of two fish ponds. These are called 'The Moats' and extend along the southern side of a field which was called the 'Park' on old maps. Within it are traces of the sites of old buildings (a,b,c) and levelled terraces (d,e). This appears to be a fairly typical manorial garden of the 16th or 17th century. North of the fishponds is a mound, apparently a prospect mound. However its origins may be much older, as it was dug into years ago and part of an Anglo-Saxon hanging bowl was discovered. 150 metres to the north is another mound, with the site of a summer house nearby, indicating that there was a substantial garden in this area as well."

<3> McAree, D, 2010, Archaeological watching brief on land at Park House, Stoke Golding, Leicestershire (Unpublished document). SLE3095.

A very small trench dug for cabling was watched in 2010 but no finds/features were recorded.

<4> 2016, National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE) accessioning (Website). SLE4981.

SUMMARY: "The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of a medieval farmstead. The farmstead lay within a rectangular enclosure, bounded to the west and along much of its northern and southern sides by banks and ditches. In the south eastern quarter of the site is a slightly raised, square platform, believed to represent the site of the medieval farmhouse. Although the building itself is not visible on the surface its buried remains will provide evidence for the plan of the house. To the west and north west of the platform are several small closes which are defined by low banks and drainage channels, whilst to the south are the remains of a pair of linear ponds, now seasonally waterfilled. Scheduled."
URL: 'https://nrhe-to-her.esdm.co.uk/NRHE/RecordDetail.aspx?pageid=45&he_uid=336109', accessioned 17/12/2024.

<5> Ordnance Survey 1:2500 (25") historic maps, 1929 (Map). SLE7284.

(SP 39739694) The Moats (NR)

<6> Page, William (ed), 1907, The Victoria County History of the County of Leicester, Volume 1, p270 (Bibliographic reference). SLE1156.

"'The Moats'. In a field north-west of the vicarage is an embanked moat which originally inclosed a square area. The principal extant portion on the south is 60 ft wide and 10 ft deep. Shallow ditches branch from it towards the north and west with banks 4 ft in height on the inner side. A spring rises on the south-west."

<7> Scheduled Monument List/Amendment, 1995 English Heritage 8 Leicestershire (Scheduling record). SLE7368.

SP 398 970. The Moats, Stoke Golding. Scheduled.

Sources

Associated Finds

None recorded

Designations

• Conservation Area: Stoke Golding
• Scheduled Monument 1017678: HLAEW AND MEDIEVAL FARMSTEAD IMMEDIATELY SOUTH WEST OF PARK HOUSE

Associated Images

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.