Medieval moat, Barling Magna Quarry (EHER 11129)
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Summary
Remains of moated site. This moat has been much ploughed over but its outline is still clearly discernible.
Map
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TQ 9287 8848 (129m by 90m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT WAKERING, ROCHFORD, ESSEX |
Type and Period
Description
Moat. Site now gone. Tracing from OS 25' map, 1873-1895, shows a complete moat, with extensions, pond-bay, and well to the east. No building shown. <1> <2>
According to Medieval Settlement Research Group (MSRG) card 'TAM' (possibly Tithe Award Map) shows north, east, south arms, no east entrance. MSRG card also has the unknown reference 'FNS 56-58'. Sketch map on back of MSRG card, presumably from OS 25'. <3>
Moat showed as a cropmark in 1974 (ring ditches to east, see EHER 11130). <4>
Homestead moat remains. <5>
April 1953. Field visit.
This moat has been much ploughed over but its outline is still clearly discernible. <6> <7>
1991. Fieldwalking.
The area was fieldwalked. Nothing was found. <8>
Original HER entry merged with NRHE data transfer.
Sources
- <1> SEX74 MENTION: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <2> SEX2296 Map: Unknown. unknown. SMR.
- <3> SEX52758 RECORD SHEET/FORM: Stokes, A.H. (MSRG). 1970s. Moated Site Research Group MSRG card. TQ98-039, E. Sellers.
- <4> SEX32459 Aerial Photograph: Unknown. 1974. TQ9228-1-47. Date 1974:7.
- <5> SEX356 Monograph: RCHME. 1923. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex, Volume IV, South-East. p.89.
- <6> SEX75700 PERSONAL OBSERVATION: Ordnance Survey. Field Investigator's Comments. GCS 27-APR-53.
- <7> SEX77571 Aerial Photograph: RAF. 1946. RAF 106G UK 1702 4011-12, 1946.
- <8> SEX59588 Fieldwalking Report: Germany, M.. 1991. An Archaeological Fieldwalking Evaluation at Little Wakering.
Other References
- Old SMR Number: TQ98-039
- NRHE identifier: 420409
- National Monuments Record: TQ 98 NW 20