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Monument Number 321466
Hob Uid: 321466
Location : Leicestershire Melton Non Civil Parish
Grid Ref : SK7618021920
Summary : The site of a moated grange, possibly of Lewes Priory, near Spinney Farm. The site is rectangular in shape and measures 95m by 68m in maximum dimension. It is associated with a series of outlying banks and outer feeder channels which controlled water flow.
More information : (SK 7618 2192) Earthworks [G.T.] (1) A rectangular moat with a court to the west. Scheduled ancient monument. (2,3) Moat as described. Published survey (25" 1930) revised. (4) No change. (5) SK 7618 2192. Moated grange at Spinney Farm, Melton Mowbray. The moat is rectangular, measuring 95m x 68m. The arms are 2.0m deep, and range in width from 14m on the eastern side to 8.0m on the northern and western sides. Inner and outer banks are visible on the northern and western sides of the moat. The inner bank is 1.0-1.5m high, the outer is 0.5m high. Outside the moat there are a number of earthworks associated with water management of the site. Historical records identify the moat as a possible grange belonging to the Priory of Lewes in Sussex, later passing to the ownership of the local town estate. Scheduled (RSM) No. 17015. (6)

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Source details : Ordnance Survey 6" 1959 Prov Ed
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Source details : The Victoria History of the County of Leicestershire 2 1907
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Source details : B H Seaman/28-JUN-1962/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : B H Seaman/21-APR-1972/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : English Heritage SAM Amendment Leicestershire 11/02/1992
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Source details : English Heritage Schedule Entry 01/07/1996
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Medieval
Display Date : Medieval
Monument End Date : 1540
Monument Start Date : 1066
Monument Type : Moat, Water Channel, Cluniac Grange
Evidence : Earthwork, Documentary Evidence

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Related Records from other datasets:

External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : LE 107
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 17015
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : SK 72 SE 1
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Relationship type : General association

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Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1962-06-28
End Date : 1962-06-28

Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1972-04-21
End Date : 1972-04-21

Historic England Research Records

Monument Number 321466