More information : (SP 95000584) Hawridge Court (NAT) Moat (NR) (1)
Hawridge Court, a moated manor-house occupied as a farmhouse. About 1780 some square stones and human bones were dug up when enlarging the garden and a few years later an iron casement was found in the area within the moat. (2)
Homestead moat comprising a single rampart and ditch but very strong in comparison with the small area enclosed. (3)
Hawridge Court Farm. SP 950058 listed as a large ringwork. (4)
This is an oval ringwork internally some 60.0m NE-SW by 50.0m transversely, situated on a broad ridge within the garden of Hawridge Court. It is bounded by a rampart with an average height of 2.0m and outer ditch of similar size which, apart from some surface water on the NW, is dry. A difference of 2.0m in base level of the ditch from E to W precludes it from ever having been waterfilled. The interior and exterior ground levels are similar, a gap and causeway through the defences in the E probably representing an original entrance. Hawridge Court, 17th century construction but not outstanding, occupies the N side of the
ringwork. No recent finds have been made in the area.
Published 1:2500 survey revised. (5) |