More information : [Enclosed area centered SJ 42406915] Moat [G.T.] (1)
The moat at Upton Grange has an average width at 6.0m and depth of 1.2m. It is water-filled throughout its length being fed by a spring at SJ 42386909. Traces of the western end of the south arm and of the southern end of the west arm are visible as a slight dry depression alongside the hedges. The enclosed area is mostly orchard with no trace of any building foundations. None of the present farm buildings shows any trace of antiquity. (2)
A 25" survey has been made of the extant remains of the moat which are as described by authority (2). Slight mutilation has occurred to the north arm where it fades out towards the west. The western end of the south arm and the southern end of the west arm survive as a dry ditch 6.5m wide and 0.6m deep. The latter, which is overgrown with tall grass becomes ill-defined towards its northern termination. A gap in the ditch at the SW angle is modern. (3)
The moat is as described, except that it is dry.
Published survey (25" 1960) revised. (4)
There is seasonal water in parts of the moat but otherwise no change since reports of 9 11 54, 23 7 59, 7 7 64 and 24 2 76.
Revised survey, 7 7 64, 1:2500 correct. (5)
The remains are much as described by previous authorities except that there has been some recent mutilaton of the west termination of the north arm of the ditch, caused by the cutting of a drainage ditch.
Published survery 1:2500 revised. (6)
The moat is visible as earthworks on lidar imagery in the parish of Upton-by-Chester and was mapped as part of the Cheshire Aerial Investigation and Mapping Project. The site is extant on the latest 2016 aerial imagery (7-8).
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