Monument record 2235/0/3 - Possible Medieval/Post Medieval Moat

Possible Medieval moat or later pond seen as earthworks.

{1} A moat is marked on the Pilton Tithe Map. Fieldname: Moat Orchard.

{2} The C19th maps mark a moat-like feature of uncertain age and function to the west of the village (in Moat Orchard according to the Tithe Map of 1838).

{3} Moat (?)(TL 02038449) in a corner of a field 150 m E of Pilton Grange, near the village, on clay at 140 ft above OD. The site is marked on the Tithe Map of Pilton (1838) on which the field is called Moat Orchard. This map also shows a road running southward from the existing road towards the moat and then turning E to
Pilton Grange.
The earthworks consist of a small square island only 10 m. across, surrounded by the remains of a ditch, where best preserved, 10 m wide and 1 m deep. Whether the site is in fact a medieval moat or a relatively late pond, is unknown.

<1> 1838, Tithe Map of Pilton, (unchecked) (Map). SNN8158.

<2> BROWN A.E., 1996, Earthworks at Pilton, (unchecked) (Notes). SNN47721.

<3> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.74 Site 10 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

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Mar 1 2023 10:47AM