More information : [TA 2134 0995] MOAT [GT] (1)
This is a manorial site.
The moat, which is wet, and most of the other earthworks have
been landscaped into a modern garden.
Published survey 25" (1932) revised. (2)
TA 213099. Manorial moated site: moat is wet, sides c. 40-60m,
single island, causeways to the NE and SW; a water filled arm
c 40m long extends to the S. The site is itself in the S corner
of a rectangular moat enclosing the Manor House grounds, with
sides c 200m; dry ditches survive in the N, W and E sides, but
features largely landscaped into the garden of the present Manor
House. A disturbed mound and bank is recorded at TA 21601011,
pond at TA 21501010. Some rig and furrow is visible in surrounding
fields. (3)
TA 2135 1000. Two moated sites at Healing Hall. Scheduled RSM No
21189. The larger, dry, moated site has a roughly square island
surrounded by a ditch with, on the N and W sides, an external bank.
There is also an internal bank on the N side. Overall the site was
just over 200m square. The N arm of the moat is now 5m wide and 1m
deep, the S arm 20m wide and 3m deep and the W arm 10m wide and 1.5m
deep. The E arm has been largely infilled but remains visible to the
S of the modern buildings, where it is 15m wide and 3m deep. The
external bank on the N and W sides is 1m high and between 5m and 7m
wide. The internal bank on the N is 1m high and 8m wide.
The smaller moated site is situated in the SW corner of the larger
site and the S and W arms of the moat appear to have been formed by
the recutting of the larger site's ditches. The smaller island is
40m square and has been landscaped as part of a later garden. A
concrete air-raid shelter was built into the S arm of the large moat
during the Second World War, and remains in situ. This manorial site
is closely associated with the medieval parish church, which lies
adjacent to it to the east. (4)
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