More information : (SP 2346 8659) Manor House (G.T.) (Site of) Moat (G.T.) (1)
This was the original manor house of the de Clintons which came
by exchange in the mid 14th c., into the hands of the monks of
Maxstoke Priory. They converted it into barns and utilised the
moat for the turning of a water-mill. (2)
Published survey of moat (1/2500) revised. There are no
remains of the manor house or water-mill. (3)
A large sub-circular homestead moat, dry, except on the east, and
measuring overall 100.0m north-south by 90.0m transversely.
The steep sided moat averages 18.0m in width and is from 2.0m on
the west to 5.0m on the east in depth. Around the downhill north
and west sides is a retaining bank, 10.0 to 13.0m in width and
1.0 to 2.0m in height. A causewayed entrance on the north east is
possibly an original feature. A small stream enters the moat
on the south east and leaves at the north west corner. On the
south west side is a now-dry fishpond measuring 40.0 by 10.0m
with a retaining bank on the north west side and round the south
west end, 8.0m in width and up to 1.5m in height. The moat is
in good condition, the fishpond is part-filled with old tree
stumps.
Published 1:2500 survey, 1972, revised on permatrace. (4)
SP 2346 8659 (FCE) the moat is sub-circular in plan and covers about
1 hectare. It has an external bank on three sides, and a diameter of
110m to 115m. The external bank is most marked on the west side where
it is 18m in width and 1.5m in height. The island of the moat is sub-
square and measures 70m by 65m. The shape of the island has been much
altered by the construction of nineteenth century barns and continued
dumping into the moat. The present main water feed for the moat
enters from the south-east; the outlet is through a channel in the
north-west corner. The above description is summarised from a
detailed level 3 RCHME survey of Maxstoke Priory and the adjacent
Moated Manor Site conducted between November 1990 and January 1991.
It was recorded at a scale of 1:1000 and the results of the survey
are held in the NMR archive. (5)
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