Remains of possible Medieval moat, Grey's Cottage (EHER 82971)

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Summary

An alleged moat at Grays or Greys Cottage, which may be only a ditch.

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Grid reference	Centred TL 6037 1112 (58m by 93m)
Civil Parish	MARGARET RODING, UTTLESFORD, ESSEX

Type and Period

MOAT (Unknown date)

Description

Information from NRHE Remains of a moat at Gray's (Grey's) Cottages, Margaret Roding (TL603111). (No date given for buildings in either RCHM or DOE (HHR)). <1> Field survey, 1976 Grey's Cottage (name confirmed) a modern house surrounded by a rectangular hedgerow ditch averaging 3.0m wide. No trace of a moat was visible. <2>

Sources

<1> SEX183 Monograph: RCHME. 1921. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume II, Central and South-West. p. 183.
<2> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. F1 PAS 8-MAR-76.

Other References

NRHE identifier: 376170
National Monuments Record: TL 61 SW 3

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