Site of Medieval Building to W of Manor House Moat

Description of this historic site

The site of a building of considerable size, the masonry fragments of which date it to the Medieval period. It was situated 200m north west of the church, Chesterton.

Notes about this historic site

1 Stone foundations are clear just W of the moat, including one rectangular building of considerable size.
2 Area deep-ploughed in 1984 revealing Medieval masonry.
3 The quantity and type of masonry fragments suggest that a substantial structure of the Medieval period existed on this spot.
4 New Scheduling Information (was County No.106). The monument includes the buried and earthwork remains of the Medieval settlement (WA 788/WA 6306), a moated manorial site (WA 790 and WA 6302) and fishponds (WA 6303). St Giles Church, the churchwarden’s cottage and the northern half of the church cemetery are totally excluded from the scheduling.
5 The survey highlighted substantial buildings surounded by walls which can be interpreted as possible barns and coach house and dovecote associated with the manor building and gardens. There is also evidence of a courtyard with a road heading towards the possible manor house over the moat.

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