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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 74 NE 14
Type of record:Monument
Name:Triangular moat, rems of, Bardingley,

Summary

Triangular moated site at Bardingley. The north and south arms are partly waterfilled, the other arm is marked by a field boundary and ditch. A 16th century half-timber building stands within the moat.

Grid Reference:TQ 7994 4553
Map Sheet:TQ74NE
Parish:SUTTON VALENCE, MAIDSTONE, KENT

Monument Types

  • MOAT (MOAT, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1500 AD to 1599 AD)

Full description

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At Bardingley are remains of a triangular moat, centred at TQ 79954553. The north east arm, crossed by an 18th c. brick bridge and brick- revetted on the inner side, is water filled, as is part of the south east arm. The course of the west arm is indicated by a field boundary bank and ditch. Only one other example of a triangular moat is known in the county this is at Coldbridge (TQ 84 NE 1) the site of a fortified manor house. Bardingley farmhouse, standing within the enclosed area, is a half- timbered building of little architectural interest; probably 16th c. Published 1:2500 survey revised. (1) Additional bibliography. (2-5)


<1> F1 ASP 18-JAN-65 (OS Card Reference). SKE42164.

<2> Inf Mr A C Miles 66 Headcorn Road Biddenden (OS Card Reference). SKE44329.

<3> VCH 1 Kent 1908 428 (I C Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE50803.

<4> Moated Sites Research Group 6 1979 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47301.

<5> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36151.

<6> Arch Cant 94 1978 282 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36199.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 14 - January, 1965 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3738.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 18-JAN-65.
<2>OS Card Reference: Inf Mr A C Miles 66 Headcorn Road Biddenden.
<3>OS Card Reference: VCH 1 Kent 1908 428 (I C Gould).
<4>OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Research Group 6 1979 (ed C J Bond).
<5>XYOS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton-Brown). [Mapped feature: #18584 Moated site, ]
<6>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 94 1978 282 (T Tatton-Brown).
<7>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 74 NE 14 - January, 1965.

Related records

TQ 74 NE 32Part of: BARDINGLEY FARMHOUSE (Listed Building)