More information : [TQ 09058778] Moat [G.T.] (1)
Norman motte and bailey castle at Manor Farm, Ruislip. The castle was founded by Ernulf de Hesdin after 1066, and altered by the monks of Bec, C.1096, when the ditch between the court and mound was filled in. The round motte, which has been very much lowered, still retains its wet ditch which is 220 feet in diameter and "encloses the humped kitchen garden" of the farm house. The bailey, which is roughly rectangular extends with its ditch about 150 feet to the north, but the ditch has been largely filled in; in the bailey stands Manor Farm House. The site is scheduled as an Ancient Monument. (2-3) |