Moat at Park Farm, Barnacle

A Medieval moat on the 1887 Ordnance Survey map at Barnacle, Shilton

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Description of this historic site

The site of a Medieval moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building. Two sides of the moat are visible as an earthwork. The site is located 300m west of Barnacle.

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Notes about this historic site

1 A homestead moat. The remains consist of a dry ditch on the S and W sides only. The farmhouse in the enclosed area is fairly modern.
2 An L-shaped ditch, probably the remains of a moat, between 0.5m and 2m deep, and up to (?)2m wide. It is dry and overgrown with nettles, bushes etc.
3 Moated site survey.