i was wondering if anyone could help me, i live in a village called weston-sub-edge, in the cotswolds, and near the church there is a wonderfull earthwork which looks like a moat, or a defencive ditch, now i have been told by some of the villagers that a castle once stood there, but i have looked online and can't find any information as to what stood there, if anyone could help i would be greatfull, i am leaving a link 2 a aerial photo of the site which i think looks impressive: http://www.multimap.com/map/photo.cgi?client=public&X=4...x=363&multimap.y=152
It looks like a medieval moated manor house from http://www.old-maps.co.uk. Check with your county archaeologist - this one will definately have a record. Ring up county Hall and ask to speak to the archaeology/heritage dept. You will need to supply them with a grid reference and they may suggest coming in to look at what they've got.
Great earthworks, and a hint of a possible Roman Road right next door.
Its a scheduled monument of a moated manor house as Venutius says
monument number GC385
To find these use this website
Interactive Ordnance Survey map
Instructions for use
http://www.magic.gov.uk/website/magic/ click select topic Click on 'design my own topic and select. when window opens select box called scheduled monument then click 'done' in the top right of window. Click in the circle below called 'place' Type in the nearest place(village or town) to your field. click open map run the cross over to your field and click. This will zoom you in each time you click on the area involved. If there is a scheduled site there you will see a blue triangle. Just keep clicking on the triangle and you will see just where it is.
<roger davies>
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Dammit. Just beaten me to it! Regrettably the full description of the monument hasn't been put on the Magic site yet. But the details Co has given will enable you to get the info from Gloucestershire CC or the National Monuments Record in Swindon (via an on-line query form on the English Heritage website)
thanks for the help, i spose people see a moat and instinctivly say castle, the only other thing is there are some interesting earthworks infront of the manor house in a triangular shape and also in the corner of the field, would these all be connected?
"The Medieval earthworks of the deserted settlement of Norton Subedge visible on aerial photographs. The earthworks consist of a moat, marking the site of a manor house with associated fishponds to the south. To the north and west are earthworks of hollow ways, boundary banks and ditches."
<roger davies>
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Venutius: and a hint of a possible Roman Road right next door.
are these moated manor houses quite common? does anyone no of any good picyures of them, as i would like 2 try and picture what they looked like, also i've known about the roman road, i love the roman era, i just wish there was a roman villa near the road for me 2 discover
Originally posted by anthony cotton: are these moated manor houses quite common? does anyone no of any good picyures of them, as i would like 2 try and picture what they looked like, also i've known about the roman road, i love the roman era, i just wish there was a roman villa near the road for me 2 discover
Moated sites are quite common. If you need some background information, the CBA Research Report “Medieval Moated sites” is a good starting point. There is a copy on line at http://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue/library/cba/rr17.cfm just click on ‘I agree’ to access it. There is, too, the proceedings of a 1981conference held in 1978 and published in 1981 as “F A Aberg and A E Brown - Medieval Moated sites of North-West Europe”. The annual report or newsletter of the Moated Sites Research Group (now merged with the DMV Research Group to form the Medieval Settlement Research Group) can still be picked up in second-hand bookshops. They contain lists of sites and references to excavations and publications
