The Gatehouse website record for Little Easton Moat

In the civil parish of Little Easton. In the historic county of Essex (Modern Authority of Essex, 1974 county of Essex).

Moat south east of the house, only part of the east arm with bank on counterscarp remains. Moat 2m deep, bank on counterscarp 1m high. Insufficient remains on OS 25" for positive classification but the ditch was substantial and the site slopes, precluding a circuit of water. Only a 20m length of counterscarp bank survives, 1m high, landscaped and planted, giving no indication of purpose. Site is on edge of a broad, north-facing spur, largely occupied by the manor house and its gardens and adjacent to the church. Manor at Little Easton belonging to William de Warenne and Geoffrey de Mandeville listed in Domesday but no reference to fortification. `Moat' may have been last remains of a defensive earthwork, bailey or ringwork, around the church and former manor ("curve of C17 outbuildings north west of the `moat' site is significant"). in Incomplete, rectangular? Park in arable country. Natural spur in natural valley has been dammed and landscaped.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TL60502353

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 376462
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is 1213 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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