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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 94 NE 23 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Moat remains, The Moat House, Charing |
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Summary
The remains of a moat are located in the vicinity of Palace farm. Only the western arm and the associated fish pond survive. The moat was almost completely intact in 1936 but a subsequent housing development has almost completely destroyed it.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9536 4922 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ94NE |
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| Parish: | CHARING, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FISHPOND (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD? (at some time) to 1539 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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TQ 954493: The Moat, Charing listed in the County checklist for Kent - December 1979. (1) TQ 95374923. The remains of a moat in the vicinity of The Moat House (not an antiquity). Only the western arm and the associated fish pond survive (see illustration card). (2) The moat was almost completely intact in 1936 surrounding the as then named The Moat (see illustration card) but subsquent housing development has almost completely destroyed it. (3) Listed as a moated site. (4)
<1> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47250.
<2> OS 1:2500 1976 (OS Card Reference). SKE48218.
<3> OS 25" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48262.
<4> Arch Cant 93 1977 220 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36141.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 46. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:2500 1976. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: OS 25" 1936. |
| <4>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 220 (T Tatton-Brown). [Mapped feature: #33428 moat, ] |
