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Monument details

HER Number:TR 02 NW 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:Moat, Old Romney, Shepway

Summary

Medieval enclosure containing building rubble. Probable site of two moated manor houses.

Grid Reference:TR 03430 25485
Map Sheet:TR02NW
Parish:OLD ROMNEY, SHEPWAY, KENT

Monument Types

  • ENCLOSURE (ENCLOSURE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • MOAT (MOAT, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
  • ENCLOSURE (ENCLOSURE, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
  • MOAT (MOAT, Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)
Protected Status:Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Moated Manor house and possible salt working, Old Romney

Full description

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TR 03382548) Moat (NR) (TR 03492550) An undescribed enclosure (1) Two oval enclosures (as above) on the air photograph (Fig. 77A) mark the probable site of two moated manor houses. (2) Two, almost contiguous, sub-circular enclosures situated on the general level of the Romney Marsh. The westernmost, at TR 03372548, has a water-filled ditch with a slight inner-bank and a probably original entrance causeway on the SW side. The interior is strewn with broken tiles and a little stone rubble. The westernmost site, the dry moat at TR 034254 revealed wall foundation and medieval debris during an investigation of plough-damage and trial excavations. (3)


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> Md England 1958 189 (M W Beresford & J K S St Joseph) (OS Card Reference). SKE46664.

<3> KAR 23 1971 69 (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE45270.

<4> Tithe Map New Romney c.1841 (OS Card Reference). SKE50588.

<5> LS Reviser 27 10 75 (OS Card Reference). SKE46208.

<6> Arch Cant 93 1977 219-22 (T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36138.

<7> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 47 (OS Card Reference). SKE47254.

<8> Arch Cant 85 1970 179 (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE35802.

<9> KAR 23 1971 69 (J Bradshaw) (OS Card Reference). SKE45270.

<10> Field report for monument TR 02 NW 6 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5047.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
<2>OS Card Reference: Md England 1958 189 (M W Beresford & J K S St Joseph).
<3>OS Card Reference: KAR 23 1971 69 (J Bradshaw).
<4>OS Card Reference: Tithe Map New Romney c.1841.
<5>OS Card Reference: LS Reviser 27 10 75.
<6>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 219-22 (T Tatton-Brown).
<7>OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 47.
<8>OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 85 1970 179 (J Bradshaw).
<9>OS Card Reference: KAR 23 1971 69 (J Bradshaw).
<10>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 02 NW 6 - March, 1963.

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