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Monument details

HER Number:TQ 45 NE 6
Type of record:Monument
Name:Homestead moat at Moat Farm, Chipstead, Chevening

Summary

Medieval moated site visible as a site earthwork at Moat Farm, Chipstead. There are no visible traces of an associated house.

Grid Reference:TQ 4996 5600
Map Sheet:TQ45NE
Parish:CHEVENING, SEVENOAKS, KENT

Monument Types

  • EARTHWORK (MOAT, Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1900 AD)
  • MOAT (MOAT, Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)

Full description

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(TQ 49965600) A small, almost complete, homestead moat at Moat Farm, Chipstead, Chevening, about a mile north-east of Sundridge. (1) There are no surveyable remains of this moat. The course of the W and S arms is represented by a strong dip in the ground along the line of the garden fence W of the Farmhouse and by a drop in ground level beyond the same fence on the S. side. The house is probably of 18th c. date, and is of little architectural interest. (2) TQ 498559. Chevening, Chipstead. Moat Farm is listed in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979 (3) (TQ 49965600) Moat House (NAT) (4)


<1> VCH Kent 1 1908 426 (I C Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE50894.

<2> F1 ASP 14-AUG-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE42097.

<3> Moated Sites Res Gp Rep 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47266.

<4> OS 1:10000 1983 (OS Card Reference). SKE48169.

<5> Field report for monument TQ 45 NE 6 - August, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2672.

Sources and further reading

Cross-ref. Source description
<1>OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 1908 426 (I C Gould).
<2>OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 14-AUG-64.
<3>OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp Rep 6 1979 46.
<4>OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1983.
<5>Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 45 NE 6 - August, 1964.