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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 65 NW 26 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Medieval/ Post Medieval Moat Farm, Wrotham |
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Summary
Farmhouse moat. Little trace remains of the once considerable moating round the enclosure. The moat is now dry.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 6247 5884 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ65NW |
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| Parish: | WROTHAM, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (MOAT, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD?)
Full description
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[TQ62475885] Moat [NR] (1) Moat Farm, Wrotham. Little trace remains of the once considerable moating round the enclosure. (2) The remains of this homestead moat comprise the SE arm only, waterfilled and overgrown; of the other arms there is now no trace. Within the moat is a nondescript building, now business premises, described as 'Moat Farm Hotel', with the usual claims to antiquity. (3) Checked and corrrect except that the moat is now dry. Published 25" revised. (4) This feature now consists of a single channel of water; the moat itself now being dry and overgrown. TQ 623588. Listed in a checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (5) TQ 623588 Moat Farm/Hotel. Wrotham. (6)
<1> OS 6" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48337.
<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 428 (OS Card Reference). SKE50901.
<3> F1 AC 27-JAN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41838.
<4> F2 FGA 27-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43336.
<5> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 48 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47259.
<6> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36150.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 26 - January, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3363.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 26 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3364.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1936. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 428. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F1 AC 27-JAN-59. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: F2 FGA 27-FEB-64. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 48 (ed C J Bond). |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown). |
| <7>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 26 - January, 1959. [Mapped feature: #12764 moat, ] |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 26 - February, 1964. |
