Moat 100m N of Church
Description of this historic site
A Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. It survives as an earthwork and can be seen on aerial photographs. It is situated 100m north west of St Peter's Church, Wolfhampcote.
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Notes about this historic site
1 A large irregular enclosure is possibly a moated site.
2 Scheduled as Warwickshire Monument No 131.
3 The moat lies SE of of the main village earthworks sloping towards the church. The RCHME describe it as ‘circular’, but aerial photographs and a sketch by Bond show that it is more hexagonal.
5 The moat is about 70m by 60m and polygonal. It has a ditch 12m wide and 2m deep and is dry.
6 Aerial photograph.
7 Revision of the schedule.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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