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Monument details
HER Number: | TQ 54 SW 8 |
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Type of record: | Monument |
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Name: | Possible moat at Moat Farm |
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Summary
Possible moat to the west of present building. Moat shown on Tithe map of 1838 - 1840. Visible as a slight earthwork. The current house, which is 19th century in date, may incorporate remains of an earlier house.
Grid Reference: | TQ 5242 4399 |
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Map Sheet: | TQ54SW |
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Parish: | PENSHURST, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- MOAT (MOAT, Medieval to Modern - 1066 AD to 1901 AD)
Full description
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TQ 5243 4400. Traces of a homestead moat are visible on all sides of 'The Moat', a private residence, 400.0m. N. of the village of Penshurst. Distinct broad shallow depressions in the turf on the W & S sides of the house together with a bark on the N. side beneath a hedge, give the moat an approximate size of 50.0m. square. A map of 1838 (a) shows the W. arm water-filled. Miss Wood, a former owner of 'The Moat', and now living elsewhere in Penshurst, stated that the house, built about 100 years ago, contains within it, remains of a much older dwelling. (1) Not mentioned in the County checklist of moated sites in Kent, December 1979. (2)
<1> Title Map of Penshurst 1838 Maidstone Records Office. (OS Card Reference). SKE50604.
<2> F1 ASP 21-DEC-62 (OS Card Reference). SKE42218.
<3> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 46 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47252.
<4> Field report for monument TQ 54 SW 8 - December, 1962 (Bibliographic reference). SKE2741.
Sources and further reading
Cross-ref.
| Source description | <1> | OS Card Reference: Title Map of Penshurst 1838 Maidstone Records Office.. |
<2> | OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 21-DEC-62. |
<3> | OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 46 (ed C J Bond). |
<4>XY | Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TQ 54 SW 8 - December, 1962. [Mapped feature: #20236 moat, ] |