Site of Medieval moat, Old Skreens (EHER 683)

Site of an alleged moat and the house known as Old Skreens. The putative moat may have actually been a drainage feature. The site has now been partly built on.

Moat at Old Skreens. <1> <2> <3> Incomplete, rectangular. <4> <6> Probably to be associated with the family of William Skrene (1384). Name also mentioned 1412, 1475, 1540, 1543. <5> Cropmarks of the moat were recorded in 2015, the moated site is surrounded by an associated field system. <7> <8> Information from NRHE (TL 62020830) Old Skreens (NR) (Site of) (NAT) Moat (NR) <9> Moat at the Old Skreens, 1.5 miles west of the church. <1> Field visit, 1949 Moat correct as shown 0S 6". <10> Field visit, 1975 Area ploughed, no trace of 'Old Skreens. The enclosing water feature has been largely filled in, but what remains is a linear drainage cutting averaging approximately 2.0m to 3.0m in width that does not resemble part of a moat. <11> Field visit, 1988 A house and garden have now been constructed between the alleged former line of the S arm and the road. Apart from a narrow ditch containing an ornamental stream, which may in part represent the ditch noted by <11>, no evidence of the former features could be observed. <12>