Scheduled Ancient Monument: MOATED SITE IMMEDIATELY SOUTH OF PINHOE HALL (33301)

The monument includes a medieval moated site immediately south of Pinhoe Hall, situated on a spur overlooking the village of Hundon to the north. The moated site includes a roughly rectangular island, measuring up to 110m east-west by 34m north-south. This is surrounded by a partly waterfilled moat measuring an average 12m in width and 1.5m in depth. The causeway across the north arm of the moat is thought to represent the original access to the island. The moat on either side of the causeway has been partly infilled and the causeway widened, although the moat will survive here as a buried feature. Metal plates, acting as barriers between the open and partly infilled areas of the moat, were added when this section of the moat was infilled. Evidence for buildings includes the remains of a brick wall recorded in 1977 along the southern face of the island, and large quantities of medieval brick and tile were found in the southern arm of the moat and on the surface of the island. The present Pinhoe Hall dates from at least the 18th century and is thought to represent a successor to an earlier house on the island. Pinhoe Hall is not included in the scheduling. The moated site is believed to represent the manor of Purowe, formerly known as Penowe or Gorreles Hall, where in 1315 Hugh Gorell held quarter of a fee and in 1425 Walter de Gazeley held half a fee. `Pynner Hall' is marked on Hodskinson's 1783 Map of Suffolk. The glasshouse, the bridge across the south arm and the jetty overlying the south arm of the moat are all excluded from the scheduling, although the ground beneath these features is included.