More information : [TF 02022801] MOAT [GT] (1) Osgodby is mentioned in the Domesday Book. Air photographs show traces of desertion, at area TF 019280, the date of which is not known. Nothing is known of the moated site. See TF 02 NW 4for remains of manor house. (2-3) The Published moat has been filled in, and the whole area is under crop. During perambulation, building debris was noted in the plough on both sides of Hall Lane. There is no other evidence of desertion on the surface. (4) Listed by Beresford. (5) No change since 28 5 65. (6)
The Medieval moat described by authorities 1-4, was mapped from good quality air photographs. It was seen as earthworks in early photographs, but has been levelled, and is visible as cropmarks in the latest photography. Only the eastern and southern ditch of the moated enclosure was visible at TF 0204 2798.
To the NE and partly overlying the moat and post dating it, are remnants of cropmark ditched enclosures and crofts, forming part of the Medieval deserted village, described by authority 4 as flanking Hall Lane.
There was no evidence of village remains on the AP's at the NGR cited by authorities 2-3, but the are some ornamental ponds associated with Osgodby Manor House (recorded in TF 02 NW 4) at this location. These ornamental ponds may have been village fishponds that were converted to formal garden features. (Morph No. LI.813.6.1-3)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database. (7) |