Scheduled Ancient Monument: MOATED SITE AT MOAT FARM, 450M SOUTH OF COBBLER'S CORNER (33295)

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Suffix 33295
Date assigned 05 January 2001
Date last amended

Description

The monument includes a medieval moated site immediately to the south of Moat Farm, 450m south of Cobbler's Corner. The moated site includes a roughly rectangular island which measures up to 69m north-south by 52m east-west. This is enclosed by a water-filled moat, measuring up to 10m wide and at least 1.5m in depth, which in recent times has been revetted with wood along the outer edge of the north arm. The north east corner of the moat extends into a small pond-like feature, approximately 14m across, which may at one time have been used for watering horses. The island is approached via a causeway, about 5m wide, across the east arm of the moat, and via a wooden footbridge across the north arm. The moated site is marked on a map of 1595 which depicts a building in the centre with the name `Tenements Claydons'. The post-medieval farmhouse to the north of the moat is thought to represent the successor to a house on the island. The footbridge across the north arm of the moat and the wooden revetting along the north arm, the stones lining the pond, all fencing, all made up surfaces and the outhouses immmediately to the north of the pond feature, are excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath these features is included.

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Location

Grid reference Centred TM 0775 4184 (101m by 110m)
Map sheet TM04SE
Civil Parish HINTLESHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Dec 20 2019 3:22PM

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