The Gatehouse website record for Ingarsby Monks Grave

In the civil parish of Hungarton. In the historic county of Leicestershire (Modern Authority of Leicestershire, 1974 county of Leicestershire).

Medieval moat, formerly considered as a C12 adulterine motte, surviving as an earthwork. The moat is sub circular and approximately 50m in diameter with a surrounding ditch 8-12m wide and up to 2m deep. The moat island forms a raised platform about 1m above ground level with an outer bank 4m wide and 1.5m high on the north-eastern side which terminates 5m from a field boundary and indicates the position of an entrance. Ingarsby Old Hall is the manorial centre and this site does not appear to be a precussor. Creighton suggest this as a motte of the Anarchy but I find the position of the mound unconvincing. Ingarsby Old Hall is clearly sited in a much better position both tactically and strategically. The position of Monk's Grave, on a hillside, seems more like that of a barrow to me, although it would be large for a barrow.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK68150489

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This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 319222
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