Medieval moat at Lanham Manor Farm (EHER 6437)

The fragmentary remains of a moat.

Presumably on RCHM as 'Langham Farm'. The house is surrounded by a moat. See EHER 6438 for the house. <1> Incomplete, rectangular. <2> Sketch plan of complete moat (as it was) on back of MSRG card. <3> Lanham Green (the adjacent settlement) is probably to be associated with family of Edmund de `Le(e)nham, Leynham' (1306, 1314, 1319). Lanham is also mentioned in 1317 as `Laneham', in 1609 as `Lanham', in 1768 (Morant) as `Lavenham', in 1777 (C and A) as Langham Green. <4> See NMP cropmark plot <5>. Moat (NR). <6> January 1950. Field survey. Moat in good condition. Northern portion of the north east arm has been filled in. <7> South east arm of moat no longer extant. <8> March 1975. Field survey. Only fragmentary remains of the homestead moat survives the rest having been filled in within living memory. The Tithe Map of 1839 shows a water feature around four sides of the house. No significant names. Published survey (25") revised. <9> <10> <11> 2017. Trial trenching. A trial trench was excavated across the moat, it measured at least 6.5m in width and was dug to a depth of 1.4m but not bottomed. Finds from the fill show the moat was visible until the early 20th century, as the feature could not be bottomed no dating evidence was retrieved to indicate when it was dug. The evaluation showed the moat extended approx.2m further to the SE than the OS maps suggest. <12> <13> Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer.