More information : [TF 0964 7941] Moat [GT] (1)
A homestead moat with waterfilled northern and western arms and
traces of a southern arm. The owner intends to fill in the moat
"within the next six months"
Published survey (25") revised. (2)
All archaeological features at this site have been ploughed out.
AM survey (1:2500) 1964 revised. (3)
The moat described by the OS was latterly reduced to a N-S ditch
only. Early maps show water-filled arms in exactly the same
configuration but further N. This rectangular arrangement around the
16th century Fulnetby Old Hall and on its axis is likely to be a Post
Medieval formal garden layout rather than a Medieval moated
residence. Fieldwalking within the ploughed moated area produced no
Medieval pottery. (4)
The moat identified by authorities 1-2, and reinterpreted as probable
formal garden features by authority 4, were visible as earthworks and
mapped from good quality air photographs. At TF 0962 7942, the 'west'
and 'east' arms of the supposed moat, reinterpreted as ponds of a
Post Medieval formal garden, form a right angled configuration. To
the north of these ponds, at TF 0957 7954, are three more ponds, in
the same configuration, which were seen as earthworks now levelled,
and as cropmarks. Between the two groups of ponds are a pair of
straight drainage ditches, at TF 0958 7949.
(Morph No. LI. 541.2.1-3)
This description is based on data from the RCHME MORPH2 database.
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