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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 93 NE 1 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Moat at Hengherst, Woodchurch |
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Summary
A post medieval house at Hengherst with a moat on three sides of the garden. The moat is of the square homestead type. The northern half is brick revetted and water filled; the southern half is reduced to a turf covered shallow depression.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 9513 3643 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ93NE |
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| Parish: | WOODCHURCH, ASHFORD, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (Post Medieval - 1540 AD? (at some time) to 1900 AD? (at some time))
| Protected Status: | Selected Heritage Inventory for Natural England: Medieval moat visible as an earthwork, Henghurst |
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Full description
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[TQ 9513 3644] Hengherst, Woodchurch. A modern house with a moat on three sides of the garden. (1) A square homestead moat still survives. The northern half is brick revetted and water filled; the southern half is reduced to a turf covered shallow depression. Published 25" Survey revised. (2) Not listed in the county checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979.(3)
<1> "A Saunter through Kent" 7, 1906, p.89 (C Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32576.
<2> F1 ASP 01-MAR-63 (OS Card Reference). SKE41872.
<3> Moated Sites Res Gp No 6 1979 46-8 (OS Card Reference). SKE47262.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 93 NE 1 - March, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4710.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1>XY | OS Card Reference: "A Saunter through Kent" 7, 1906, p.89 (C Igglesden). [Mapped feature: #32815 moat, ] |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01-MAR-63. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp No 6 1979 46-8. |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 93 NE 1 - March, 1963. |
