Medieval moat at Ivytodds Farm, Great Sampford (EHER 1448)

Surrounding the house are the remains of a small subrectangular homestead moat. The southern sides of the moat have been filled in, and the remaining ditch is dry, except the north-west arm which is water filled by seepage.

Original HER entry merged with NRHE data import: Moat. <1> <2> Incomplete, rectangular. Moat is 5m wide x 1.25m deep. Only the north west arm holds water. The south east arm is an indistinct low area from which the ground falls away to the south east, "so that it could never have held water". <3> <4> Sketch plan on back of MSRG card. <5> Farmhouse is post-medieval. Surrounding moat is 50m north west-south east x 40m. The south angle and southern parts of the south west and south east arms have been filled. Remaining ditch is dry, except for the north west arm and averages 4m wide and 1.1m deep. No trace of former occupation. Access by a causeway on the south west arm. <6> in <1> January 1978. Field survey. Surrounding the house and cut into a south-east facing slope is a small sub-rectangular homestead moat measuring overall 50.0 m north-west to south-east by 40.0 m transversely. The south angle and southern portions of the south-west and south-east arms have been filled but the remaining ditch averages 4.0 m wide and 1.1 m deep. It is dry except for the north-west arm which is water-filled by seepage. A small causeway on the south-west arm gives access to the island. It is under grass and shows no surface evidence of former occupation. Published 25" survey (1921) revised. <7>