Possible site of medieval gatehouse at Rayne Hall (EHER 82696)

Possible earthwork building platform interpreted as the possible site of a late medieval gatehouse associated with Rayne Hall manor, partly on the basis of documentary evidence.

NRHE data transfer: In late December 1998 and early January 1999, RCHME carried out a Level 3 analytical survey of the environs of the late Medieval timber framed manor house of Rayne Hall in Essex. This work followed an earlier survey at level 1 intended to assess the potential of the site. The survey identified a sub-rectangular platform, some 8m square, possibly the site of a building. In view of the position of this at the limit of the earthwork complex and on the line of what must have been the original approach to the manor house, this building may have been the site of a gatehouse mentioned in a Schedule of 1622. For further details, see RCHME Level 3 report and plan at 1:1000 scale. <1> - <3>