Site of Beaumont Otes or Beaumond Moates, Bushy Wood (EHER 1035)

The site of a medieval moat noted on a map of 1599. Medieval finds have been made at the site.

Moated site. <1> Field survey, 1976 OS 1976- site is marked by a shallow featureless depression in plough with a slight medieval scatter around 50m in diameter. <1><2> <3> Irregular, single. Surface finds: late medieval pottery, roof tile fragments, oyster shells, thick roofing slate, piece of schist (?) hone. <3> So named in 1768. <4> <5> So named in 1768. <4> <5> Moat with track to it is shown on a map of 1599 in Essex Record Office, tracing is in the SMR. Name given as `Beaumond moates'. <6> <7> Finds listed above were collected by Sellers from ploughed field-site of moated site. Finds are in Colchester Museum. <9> Cropmarks of probable moated site, rectilinear enclosure and related linear features. Probable post medieval field boundaries. <11> Other ref <13> Aerial photographs show the site with three complete conjoined enclosures <8, 14> although these were not fully mapped for the original NMP in 1993 <12> Information from NRHE (TL 68381040) Map (a) dated 1599 shows a complete but unoccupied moat called Beamond Moats. In October 1966, Medieval building material and occupation debris found on the ploughed site by E. Sellers. Finds with Colchester Museum: Acc No 206.74. <6> <7> The site was confirmed from the 1599 map. It is now marked by a shallow featureless depression in plough with a slight Medieval occupation scatter about 50.0m. in diameter. <16>