More information : (TA 22753515) Moat (NR) The Island (NAT) (1)
An elongated water-filled moat, (average depth 1.0m) with a
tree-covered interior. Three causeways or dams across the ditch
are modern. Published survey (25") revised. (2)
TA 2275 3517. Shaw Fosse moated site. Scheduled RSM No 21205.
A sub-rectangular island measuring 105m E-W by a maximum of 30m N-S,
enclosed within a dry moat whose N and W arms are between 12m and
15m wide and up to 4m deep. The S and E arms are up to 10m wide and
3m deep. Access to the island is provided by two modern causeways
across the S and E arms. The site is believed to have been a grange
of Thornton Abbey, which owned estates in and around Humbleton. (3)
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