Information for record number MWA569:
Moat at Moat House Farm, Studley.

Summary The site of a Medieval manor house and an associated moat. The moat is marked on a Tithe Award map of 1849, and is still partially visible as an earthwork. It is situated 250m north of the Police Station at Mappleborough Green
What Is It?  
Type: Moat, Manor House, House
Period: Medieval (1066 AD - 1539 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Studley
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 07 65
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 Moat House Farm was the manor house of the manor of Mappleborough Green or Studley Hay. The House has some 17th century timber framing. There is also some 16th century and later work. The Moat, with water, remains to the SW and SE sides of the House, but the remainder has disappeared. It is said to have originally continued across the site of the present main road and included a small cottage on the other side.
2 The Moat remains to the SW and SE sides of the House - somewhat overgrown.
3 The Moat is approximately 10m wide and 2m deep and is wet.
4 Originally the Moat appears to have been fed from a spring to the NE. The Moat is now completely dry. It appears in its present form in the map accompanying the tithe award (1849).
 
Sources
Source No: 4
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Studley Parish Survey
Author/originator: Hooke D
Date: 1980
Page Number: 54-5
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Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 3, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Salzman L F (ed)
Date: 1945
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 3
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: SMR card : text
Author/originator: JMG
Date:
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Volume/Sheet:
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Moated Sites Research Group
Author/originator: JEC
Date: 1985
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: Card
   
Images:  
A Medieval moat on the 1886 Ordnance Survey map at Mappleborough Green
Copyright: Open
Date: 1886
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source SMR Card Sites and Monuments Record Card. The Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record began to be developed during the 1970s. The details of individual archaeological sites and findspots were written on record cards. These record cards were used until the 1990s, when their details were entered on to a computerised system. The record cards are still kept at the office of the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
technique Earthwork Earthworks can take the form of banks, ditches and mounds. They are usually created for a specific purpose. A bank, for example, might be the remains of a boundary between two or more fields. Some earthworks may be all that remains of a collapsed building, for example, the grassed-over remains of building foundations.

In the winter, when the sun is lower in the sky than during the other seasons, earthworks have larger shadows. From the air, archaeologists are able to see the patterns of the earthworks more easily. Earthworks can sometimes be confusing when viewed at ground level, but from above, the general plan is much clearer.

Archaeologists often carry out an aerial survey or an earthwork survey to help them understand the lumps and bumps they can see on the ground.
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument MANOR HOUSE * The principal house of a manor or village. back
monument MOAT * A wide ditch surrounding a building, usually filled with water. Use for moated sites, not defensive moats. Use with relevant site type where known, eg. MANOR HOUSE, GARDEN, etc. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument MANOR * An area of land consisting of the lord's demesne and of lands from whose holders he may exact certain fees, etc. back
monument POLICE STATION * The office or headquarters of a local police force, or of a police district. back
monument SPRING * A point where water issues naturally from the rock or soil onto the ground or into a body of surface water. back
monument FARM * A tract of land, often including a farmhouse and ancillary buildings, used for the purpose of cultivation and the rearing of livestock, etc. Use more specific type where known. back
monument EARTHWORK * A bank or mound of earth used as a rampart or fortification. back

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