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ID:SDV44381
Title:
Originator:IE A HOMESTEAD MOAT
Date:
Summary:Addition of New Record.Bickleigh court. The moat which surrounded the medieval house has been traced, revealing a hitherto unrecorded earthwork, of a type calssified by the victoria county history as class 'f' (ie a homestead moat), rare in devon (raleigh radford). A proportion of the old moat survives in front of the gatehouse (hoskins).15th century? surrounding wall enclosure (higham). Vis=3/8/1967(os) an ornamental moat has been built along the e. Side of the court in recent times, but there are no traces of an original feature.

Associated Monuments (1)

MDV1224Former Moat at Bickleigh Castle (Monument)