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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 55 SE 7 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fairlawne House, site of Moated Enclosure |
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Summary
Site of Fairlawn House, comprising the remains of a moat and associated fishponds, leats and enclosures.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5943 5260 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ55SE |
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| Parish: | SHIPBOURNE, TONBRIDGE AND MALLING, KENT |
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Monument Types
- FISHPOND (FISHPOND, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- HOUSE (HOUSE, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- MOAT (MOAT, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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Shipbourne - there are remains of a moated enclosure in the lower part of the Park. (1) Note by Ben Harrison "7.9.1879: To Fairlawn ... The earthworks on the slope below are said to be the site of the old Fairlawn House ..." (2) [Centred at TQ 5921 5270] "Old Fairlawn house or castle once stood clos by" [the supposed stone circle(s) - TQ 55 SE 6]. (3) At TQ 5943 5260 there is a near square platform surrounded by a dry ditch and an ancillary complex of pond-bays, enclosures, leets, fishponds and steadings: all under pasture and in fair condition. No confirmatory evidence was gained but it seems reasonable to assume that this is the site of the Fairlawne House. Surveyed at 1:2500. (4) [TQ 590 520] The Park, Shipbourne, listed as a moated site in the County Checklists for Kent - December 1977 and December 1979. (5-6) HER Officer note: spelling seems to vary between Fairlawne and Fairlawn.
<1> VCH Kent 1 1908 428 (OS Card Reference). SKE50901.
<2> Harrison of Ightham 1928 25 (E R Harrison) (OS Card Reference). SKE43711.
<3> Ben Harrison's Notes 1906 (OS Card Reference). SKE37622.
<4> Rec 6" (E Harrison 1928) (OS Card Reference). SKE49024.
<5> F1 CFW 21-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42682.
<6> Moated Sites Res Grp 6 1979 47 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47284.
<7> Arch Cant 97 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36272.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 55 SE 7 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2833.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 428. |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: Harrison of Ightham 1928 25 (E R Harrison). |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: Ben Harrison's Notes 1906. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: Rec 6" (E Harrison 1928). |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: F1 CFW 21-AUG-64. |
| <6> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Grp 6 1979 47 (ed C J Bond). |
| <7> | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 97 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown). |
| <8>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 55 SE 7 - August, 1964. [Mapped feature: #38143 Ruined house, ] |
