Moat at Wormleighton Deserted Settlement

Description of this historic site

The moat, a wide ditch usually surrounding a building, at the Medieval deserted settlement of Wormleighton. The moat itself is also of Medieval date and is still visible as an earthwork. It is situated 500m south west of Windmill Spinney, Wormleighton.

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Notes about this historic site

1 Site of manor house on a raised platform in the angle of the canal which now occupies the place of the moat on two sides.
4 The site of the former manor house stands out clearly though partly truncated by the canal that now cuts across the area.
5 Sometimes the moat enclosed two separate islands, one presumably for the dwelling-house and the other for farm buildings of the demesne – Wormleighton is the best example.
6 Planned in 1971.
7 The double moat is about 150 x 80m in overall extent and has kexternal and internal enclosure banks about 0.4m high. The moat is about 10m wide and 1.5m deep.
8 Scheduled Ancient Monument Record.