Codbarrow Manor House Moat

1 Near the E entrance to Umberslade Park is a moat which formerly enclosed the Manor House of Codbarrow.
3 The moat, marshy in places but generally dry, averages 10m in width except on the N side where it is 20m wide and up to 2.5m deep. The island is 30 by 34m. A fishpond is associated (PRN 1235).
4 A steep sided moat covering a fairly extensive area. It now encloses a garden belonging to the S lodge of Umberslade Hall. The S and E arms are still wet, but the original outer bank of the E arm has been broken away. There is the remains of a causeway here which led to a fishpond (PRN 1235). Two drainage pipe trenches were cut into the moat in 1975 and 1976. The 1975 trench cut the SE side of the moat and the depth of the moat was found to be 2.45m. 6 blocks of sandstone were found in the humus. These may have been foundation blocks dumped in the moat. The second trench was on the N and revealed several fragments of roofing tile and paving tile, fragments of ‘dairy pancheons’ and a piece of what was possibly Medieval pottery.
5 Moated site survey.