Bushwood Hall Moat

Description of this historic site

Bushwood Hall Moat, the well preserved earthwork of a Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It is located 400m south east of Copt Green.

Notes about this historic site

1 Remains of a moat exist S of Bushwood Hall.
2 The moat is waterfilled and that part of the E arm that had been filled in has been re-excavated and bridged.
3 Plan.
4 Recent dredging operations in the moat have revealed a massive cantilever drawbridge of oak, preserved through being waterlogged, but undateable as no pottery was found. The moat appears to have been kept clean.
5 The moated site has external dimensions of approximately 70m square. The arms of the moat measure up to 12m wide and are waterfilled. This site is well preserved. The moated island will retain structural and artefactual evidence for the original house which existed here.

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