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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 74 SE 3 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Homestead moat (remains of), Brattle Farm, Staplehurst |
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Summary
These are the remains of a homestead moat at Brattle Farm. Parts of the moat remain and are filled with water. Other parts can be seen as a depression in the ground.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 7757 4234 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ74SE |
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| Parish: | STAPLEHURST, MAIDSTONE, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
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[TQ 7758 4235] An enclosure with a much mutilated moat at Brattle a mile south west of Staplehurst Church. (1) A homestead moat at Brattle Farm, of which the N and parts of the E and W arms remain, waterfilled and in good condition. The line of the S arm can be detected in the garden as a broad depression, giving the moat an original extent of 70.0m. N-S by 40.0m transversely. Published Survey revised. (2) Checked and correct. (3) [TQ 77584235] Moat [NR] (4) Additional bibliography. (5)(6)
<1> VCH Kent 1 (1908) 428 (I C Gould) (OS Card Reference). SKE50819.
<2> F1 ASP 01-DEC-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE41865.
<3> F2 FCA 06-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43313.
<4> OS 1:10000 1972 (OS Card Reference). SKE48157.
<5> Moated Sites Research Group 6 1979 (Ed C J Bond) 47 (OS Card Reference). SKE47303.
<6> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 ( T Tatton-Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36149.
<7> Field report for monument TQ 74 SE 3 - December, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3759.
<8> Field report for monument TQ 74 SE 3 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3760.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: VCH Kent 1 (1908) 428 (I C Gould). |
| <2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 01-DEC-61. |
| <3> | OS Card Reference: F2 FCA 06-FEB-64. |
| <4> | OS Card Reference: OS 1:10000 1972. |
| <5> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Research Group 6 1979 (Ed C J Bond) 47. |
| <6>XY | OS Card Reference: Arch Cant 93 1977 222 ( T Tatton-Brown). [Mapped feature: #18902 farmstead, ] |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 74 SE 3 - December, 1961. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 74 SE 3 - February, 1964. |
