More information : Remains of an entrenchment south east of Car Colston Manor House
(SK 717994237). Also, remains of a moat south east (south west must
be intended) of Car Colston Manor House (SK 71694235). (1)
SK 71694235 Motte and Bailey.
SK 71714228 Flood Bank mutilated in 1914. (2)
SK 71694235 Moat (NR)
`Motte and Bailey' claimed by Houldsworth is unsupported. AP's
show a well defined moat.
The entrenchment at SK 71794237 appears to have evolved from a furrow
in a well defined area of rig. (4)
Willoughby's Manor stood on the square moated site in Hall Close,
Occupied by 1280, demolished C16th/C17th. (5)
The earthworks are set in permanent pasture and comprise a small,
nearly rectangular moat, embanked on the SW and SE sides. A shallow,
rig and furrow field boundary ditch, parallel with NE arm and 12.0m.
from it, suggests a small outer enclosure, and probably stimulated
the erroneous idea of a motte and bailey. RAF AP's show trees on
the island.
These are now gone and some degradation of the surface has
resulted. A channel to the NW also shows, but this has been filled
and the moat itself has also attracted some dumping. The
straightening of a small stream beside Micklemoor Lane has produced
a bank of upcast c 120.0m. long which has become confused with a
drain channel from the moat, the `flood bank' noted above.
Other banks and ditches to the E are old rig and furrow field
boundaries or roads.
Published 25" survey revised. (6)
Hall Close. A survey was made of the earthworks in 1977.
(see illustration). On the east side of the moat a partly filled
in rectangular hollow was probably an associated fish pond.
(Referred to as a ridge and furrow boundary ditch by F1). In the
north-east corner of the site (`E' on plan - at SK 71854261), three
small depressions are probably a set of (? fish) ponds. On the west
side of the western boundary of the enclosure (`D' on plan), are
two small banks (at about SK 717142-52) which are probably old
croft boundaries, although no trace of house platforms was noticed.
The bank and ditch in the south part of the field (`F' on plan),
has been identified as the "Ring of the Village", referred to in
the tithe award of 1843. It was an earthwork which surrounded the
village before the enclosure of 1598 (6). Car Colston is Colestone
in the Domesday Book of 1086 (7). (7-8)
SK 716424. Moated site. (9)
Earthworks of a moat, fishponds and boundary banks; the shrunken
village remains include tofts, crofts, other small enclosures,
building platforms, a town ring and hollow-ways. (10)
SK 7187 4242. Minor Romano-British villa, moat and associated
medieval manorial and village earthworks, including six fishponds.
Scheduled RSM no. 23207. (11) |