More information : Rogers says that at Yarlington there was a moat to the
E. and S. of the church and manor house. This was cut through higher
ground in a loop, or half circle, from a lake of some fourteen acres
extending along the low ground to the N.&.W. Access was by a
drawbridge over the moat where the road by the blacksmiths shop leads
to the church. [The moat is not shown on O.S. 2" of 1806.] It is not
known where Rogers obtained his information, but there is now little
evidence of a moat in the accepted sense. A shallow depression, 25
metres wide, extends for a short distance at ST 65502931 along the
E. side of the churchyard, but on the S. the ground is at churchyard
level.
The small ruined 17th c. manor house at ST 65452932 is of no great
architectural interest. (1)
No further information. The depression to the east of the church is
being infilled. Nothing visible on OS AP's. (2)
Old Manor at NW corner of churchyard, Yarlington. Of stone, two
storeys. Fragments only of 16th c house; window with sunk-chamfered
jambs and mullion. (3)
Noted as a moated site. (4)
Earthworks around the church at Yarlington indicate a probable
moated or castle site with the church included. Part of the moat has
been infilled. (5)
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