Medieval moat at Park Hall Farm (EHER 6470)

A farm including a medieval moat and a post-medieval farmhouse.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Moat (NR). <1> January 1950. Field visit. Remains of a homestead moat in good condition as shown on 6" map. Western part no longer traceable. <2> 1953. Field survey. A dry ditch, 12m wide x 1.5m deep, north of the house, remains from a moat. The western side is not traceable owing to despoilation. <3> March 1975. Field survey. Parkhall Farm (name confirmed) built about 1620 according to the owner, is much modernised and not outstanding. To the south-east of the house the waterfilled arm of a moat is visible, measuring 70.0m long by 6.0m wide with returning angles of possible north and south arms, (now destroyed). No trace of the moat survives to the west of the house where the ground has been disturbed by clay digging. Published survey (25") correct. <4> <5> Field visit. Incomplete, irregular. <6> Sketch plan of moat on back of MSRG card. <7> See also: <8> <9>