Modern moat-like feature at Locksmith Wood (EHER 83391)
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Summary
A moat-like feature consisting of small ditches or banks and ditches, on a low spur descending south, flanked on the east and west by dry stream courses. Not an antiquity.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 5604 9515 (110m by 124m) |
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Type and Period
Description
NRHE data transfer:
1975. Field survey.
(TQ 5604 9515) Moat-like feature - small ditches or banks and ditches, on low spur descending south, flanked on east and west by dry stream courses. Not an antiquity. <1>
Ordnance Survey historic 25 inch mapping evidence: a waterfilled ditch appears on 3rd edition, but previous editions have the same area demarked, empty of surrounding woodland. <3> <4> <5>
The ditch is no longer waterfilled, but still clearly visible on LiDAR, with a channel connecting it to the ponds to its southeast. <5>
Sources
- <1> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. Seaman, B.H., 17-OCT-75.
- <2> SEX43340 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1861-1876. Ordnance Survey 25 inch (1st edition). 25".
- <3> SEX2231 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1890s. Ordnance Survey 25 inch (2nd edition).
- <4> SEX54230 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1920s. Ordnance Survey 25 inch (3rd edition). 25 inch.
- <5> SEX76793 Graphic material: Environment Agency. 2025. Lidar Composite LZ DTM.
Other References
- National Monuments Record: TQ 59 NE 24
- NRHE identifier: 411536