Moat at Maxstoke Castle
A Medieval moat on the 1887 Ordnance Survey map at Maxstoke castle
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Moat around Maxstoke Castle, 2017
Image courtesy of Anne Langley
Description of this historic site
A moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, at Maxstoke Castle. It is visible as an earthwork, and dates to the Medieval period.
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Notes about this historic site
Earthworks of Medieval moat surrounding Maxstoke Castle.
1 The surrounding waterfilled moat is in good condition. It measures, overall, 110m N-S by 100m E-W. The steep-sided arms average 20m in width. The entrance is over the E arm. Water enters by a stream at the SE corner and leaves from the NW.
3 Photographed in 1977.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
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