Medieval moat or post-medieval drainage ponds at The Grove (EHER 1280)

Possible moat but the Ordnance Survey visit in 1975 considered this 'moat' to be a typical series of drain-clay pit ponds.

Monument description derived from merging EHER 1280 and 1281. Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Possible moat. <1> National Mapping Programme analysis concluded: two lengths of waterfilled arm survive on north-western and south-western sides. Could be disjointed ponds rather than a moat. <2> - <5> Four photos in SMR. <6> April 1975. Field survey. Two irregular shaped ponds on the east side of 'The Grove' are not moat remains but typical drain/clay pit ponds. Between them, centred at TL 66432904, is a regularly cut L-shaped drainage ditch, about 3.0m wide. The interior of this feature forms a raised rectangular platform about 40.0m by 30.0m and about 1.0m high. The level pastured surface shows no trace of disturbance, and a likely explanation is that the platform was made as a dry stand for farm storage, e.g. hay stacking. The tithe map of circa 1838 shows similar detail to the OS 25". <7> <8> 1977. Field visit. Incomplete, rectangular, unoccupied. Raised enclosure. Dry on west side. Pond 11m wide x 1.5m deep to water, moat is 8m wide on north-west and south-east, indefinite on north west, 1m deep to water. <9> Tracing from Stokes' sketch from site visit and OS 25" is on back of MSRG card and back of SMR sheet, sections also. <10> <11> Area = 0.15