Monument record WAM 006 - Fen Farm

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Summary

Moat (site of) on Fen Farm (formerly Bacons Manor).

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Grid reference Centred TL 9976 5116 (60m by 52m) Centred on
Map sheet TL95SE
Civil Parish WATTISHAM, BABERGH, SUFFOLK

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Moat (site of) on Fen Farm (formerly Bacons Manor). Small square moat (unoccupied) depicted in Moat Field on 1737 estate map of Bacons Manor(175a) SRO 573/1. This was in Hitcham until the C19. Before then it was 400m W of the Hitcham/Wattisham boundary and 1.2km from Hitcham Church. The moat has been filled in but still shows as a soilmark on aerial photographs (S2). The area is now ploughed.

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  • <S1> Bibliographic reference: Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Proceedings of the Suffolk Institute of Archaeology. Archaeology in Suffolk 1984, PSIA, 36, 1985, (1), 44.
  • <S2> (No record type): Suffolk County Council aerial survey 1986, 16 86 197.

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Record last edited

Sep 17 2014 2:07PM

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