Post-medieval to modern alleged moat at Clavering Farm, Clavering (EHER 3894)

Alleged moat - farm pond - not an antiquity

Moat at Clavering Farm. Very imperfect. <1> <2> According to OS 1975 it is not a homestead moat but a large rectangular, embayed farm pond, measuring 70m north-south x 30m wide with "ditch-like" features extending to the north and west. The sloping nature of the terrain precludes a complete circuit of water around Clavering Farm (now demolished). <3> Incomplete, rectangular moat. One side is swollen to a fishpond. One arm is 5m wide, the other is a pond 30m wide. Depth is 1m to the water. "The enclosure consists of a square site artificially levelled in a hillside. The ground rises above the north arm of the moat and above the west arm which was filled to make way for the approach to the later house. The south arm was filled for the farmyard. <4> Plan on back MSRG card. <5> 1975. Field survey. Not a homestead moat, but a large rectangular embayed farm pond measuring about 70.0m north-south by about 30.0m with "ditch-like" features extending to the north and west. The sloping nature of the terrain precludes a complete circuit of water around Clavering Farm (now demolished). Published survey (25") revised. <6> See also: <7>