Post-medieval drainage ditches, north of Hatfield Heath (EHER 4419)

Supposed homestead moat, but is more likely to be a drainage ditch (not an antiquity). It was show on the 1766 Barrington Estate Map.

Moat with building in middle shown on 1766 Barrington Estate Map. No ancillary buildings and no apparent access road, so probably already vacated at that date. The 1838 Tithe Map shows the building, and half the moat gone. Half the moat is still present as an oxbow in the adjacent ditch. Sketch map of the moat is on the back of the old SMR sheet. <1> - <3> Site Assessment = Ploughed but no apparent threat. <1> NRHE data transfer: Homestead moat. <4> March 1950. Field survey. I do not consider this feature to be the remains of a homestead moat. There is no evidence to suggest that the area enclosed on three sides by a water-filled ditch had ever been a building site nor are there any indications that the area had been completely enclosed by a ditch along the north site. <5> June 1973. Field survey. This feature is only part of a drainage ditch system. <6>