Monument record MLI32917 - MOAT, WITH POSSIBLE MANOR HOUSE
Summary
MOAT, WITH POSSIBLE MANOR HOUSE
Type and Period (1)
- MOAT (Undated)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Full Description
Three sides of this small moat survive, enclosing an orchard, with no evidence of a building site. It is almost certainly ornamental & probably C18th. Published survey (25'), revised. {1} Position of earthwork between the church & surviving part of 'the house with 20 chimneys' strongly suggests it to be an early manor house site. Surveyed by V. Ancliffe {3}
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SLI2472 Index: OS CARD INDEX. DOWSBY. TF 12 NW:2,1965, DA.
- <2> SLI2992 Index: SMR FILE. DOWSBY. TF 12 NW:AX,1978, KAM.
- <3> SLI2146 Index: Parish card index of the former South Lincolnshire Archaeology Unit. DOWSBY. - -.
Map
Location
Grid reference | Centred TF 1127 2919 (93m by 91m) |
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Civil Parish | DOWSBY, SOUTH KESTEVEN, LINCOLNSHIRE |
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
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Record last edited
Mar 21 2021 8:35PM
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