Moat 200m S of Church

A Medieval moat on the 1889 Ordnance Survey map at Willoughby

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Description of this historic site

A Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, is still visible as an earthwork. It is marked on the Ordnance Survey map of 1886. The moat is situated 150m southwest of St Nicholas's Church, Willoughby.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Moat marked.
2 A substantial homestead moat with a lead-in drainage ditch to the N. The island is densely tree-covered; no building foundations were noted.
3 The moat is very overgrown and still contains water.
4 Moat roughly 55m x 67m with a possible external enclosure bank on the E. The moat is about 5-14m wide and 1-2m deep and is wet.