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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 84 NE 4 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Probable homestead moat and possible fish pond |
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Summary
Probable homestead moat and possible fish pond, Thornden Farm, Boughton Malherbe
| Grid Reference: | TQ 8620 4644 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ84NE |
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| Parish: | BOUGHTON MALHERBE, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Probable homestead moat and possible fish pond(s). Part water filled moat, comprising of a surviving SW and NW arms, and a fragment of a NE arm at the N angle. The remainder has disappeared entirely. |
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Full description
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TQ 8620 4644. The old Thornden Farmhouse was removed some 15 years ago but its farm buildings remain partly surrounded by a deep and water filled moat. This comprises a SW and a NW arm, and a fragment of a NE arm at the N angle; the remainder has disappeared entirely. Within the enclosed area are a number of ponds one of which was possibly a fish pond. (1) Checked and correct. (2) Additional bibliography. (3)(4)
<1> F1 CFW 12.12.61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42539.
<2> F2 CFW 02.01.64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43195.
<3> Moated Sites Research Group 6 1979 (Ed C J Bond) 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47302.
<4> Arch Cant 93 1977 220 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36141.
<5> Field report for monument TQ 84 NE 4 - December, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4346.
<6> Field report for monument TQ 84 NE 4 - January, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4347.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 12.12.61. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F2 CFW 02.01.64. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Research Group 6 1979 (Ed C J Bond) 46. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 220 (T Tatton-Brown). [Mapped feature: #27297 moat, ] |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 84 NE 4 - December, 1961. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 84 NE 4 - January, 1964. |
