Record Details

Summary

Moat

Monument Type(s):

• MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Associated Finds:

Protected Status:

• Scheduled Monument () 1012453: Manor Holt Moated Site Bawtry

Full Description

<1> The site of the medieval manor of the Morton family, referenced from the 13th century onwards. The inner enclosure set within the outer is a moat form unique in the county, suggesting some pretensions to defence.
The inner enclosure, in plan a parallelogram of c.35 m each side, is set within a rectangular outer enclosure c.100 m by 70 m. The inner moat still holds water, and is enlarged at its SW corner into a pond. The inner moat has a counterscarp on the west, south and east and the outer has an inner bank on the same three sides. The outer moat is not shown on the north side on the O.S. - it is present, but only as a slight ditch. The ground on this side rises slightly.
The whole site is now in the middle of a forestry plantation, with modern drainage ditches utilising the outer moat. Large fish-pond 400 m. to the N.

Despite damage from tree roots, much stratigraphy probably remains on the inner island. A site of considerable importance.

<2> References: D.V.S
[Former record card passed on to SYAS from Notts SMR (site not in their county) lists an additional reference: Transactions of the Thoroton Society: Volume 59, (1955), 98-99 - 'List of monuments in Nottinghamshire submitted under the Ancient Monuments Acts', DJS 24-6-15]

<1> South Yorkshire Archaeology Service, c1980, Moated Sites in South Yorkshire - Thematic report for the DoE (Unpublished document). SSY337.

<2> South Yorkshire Archaeology Service, c1974-c2003, SMR Card (Unpublished document). SSY213.

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