Medieval moat at Wickham Hall (EHER 8218)

A subrectangular moat surrounding a 17th century house (EHER 8219).

Moat surrounds 17th century house (EHER 8219). <1> Subrectangular moat, waterfilled and complex, except for part of the north-west arm. Overall, it measures 112m x 110m, with an average width of the arms of 8m. It is on ground sloping south-west down to the river 300m away. Water is fed into the moat from a spring at the west angle and flows on into a ditch at the south. The original entrance was probably on the north-west arm, the site of the present drive to the house. <2> Copy of OS plan card is in the EHER. <3> Incomplete, subrectangular moat. <4> Sketch plan on back Medieval Settlement Research Group (MSRG) card. <5> NRHE data transfer: Moat (NR). <6> September 1976. Field survey. Set into a steep south-west slope and surrounding the house is a complete subrectangular homestead moat, measuring overall 120.0m. NW-SE by 108.0m. transversely. The ditch has an average width of 10.0m and is waterfilled from a spring at the west angle. At the south angle there is an outlet which feeds into a field drain. Access to the island was probably centrally placed in the north-west arm on the line of the present drive. No evidence of former occupation can be seen in the garden of the house. Published 1:2500 1953 survey revised. <7> Note: See EHER 8879 for a cropmark of a possible extension to the moat.