Remains of undated pond or clay pit, Priors (EHER 691)

The remains of an incomplete medieval moat were noted at Priors in the 1920s. However, subsequent visits by the Ordnance Survey and Royal Commission in the 1970s and 1980s suggested that a pond at this location is unlikely to be the remains of a moat. There is no moat marked at this location on the Tithe Map of 1846.

Homestead moat, incomplete. <1> <2> <3> Incomplete, irregular moat. <4> <5> May be named from the family of Robert Pryer (1274) but William 'atte Priours' (1327) "probably owed his surname to the fact that he lived at the place called 'Priours'". <6> Information from NRHE: 1975. Field survey. On the north-west side of the house is an irregular shaped probable clay pit pond, now dry and about 1.5m deep. It connects by drain at the south and to an extant pond. Neither feature resembles the remains of a moat, and there is no indication of a moat on the tithe map of 1846. <7> <8> 1988. Field survey. Assessment of moat as in 1975. See <9>.