Moat at Moat House Farm, Shustoke.
Description of this historic site
The site of a moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, which dates from the Medieval period. It is visible as an earthwork and is situated at Moat House Farm.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Moat House Farm is a mid 16th century house with later alterations and with remains of a moat to the N and W of the house.
2 Very little remains of the original 16th century house, which was substantially rebuilt in 19th century. 1967, there is evidence of infill on the E and W of the moat. 1976, the moat has been filled in on all sides. A steep-sided drainage ditch marks the course of the N arm.
3 Only a pond remains and a ditch of stagnant water along one side of the farm premises.
4 Photographed in 1977.
5 Noted.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
Is this in Birmingham or Coventry? Because my ancestor lived in Moat House Farm: Thomas Elton lived in Warwickshire in 1841.
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