Moon\u2019s Moat would have been a special site in medieval times. In about 1300AD the lord of the manor or another important person would have built and lived in the house on the island surrounded by a garden.<\/p>\n
Archaeologists found lots of broken bits of pottery from cooking pots and a silver Edward II penny, which shows that the site was in use in the 14th<\/sup> century.<\/p>\n At that time the moat was between 7 to 8 metres wide and about 1.5 metres deep. There was a fine stone wall around the inside of the moat to protect the house and garden and there would have been a bridge across the moat to get to the house. <\/p>\n In the 16th<\/sup> century the house and moat were rebuilt and a new bridge was made. The site seems to have been abandoned by the 17th<\/sup> century. By the 19th<\/sup> century the house had fallen or been taken down and the wood from the buildings and much of the stone from the wall was removed to be re-used somewhere else. The site was grazed by farm animals and then finally left to become overgrown with plants and trees.<\/p>\n On this, and linked pages you will find information about Moated Houses in general, and Moon\u2019s Moat in particular, you can use for teaching purposes<\/p>\n The General History of Moated Sites (pdf)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n The paper gives you a general oveviews of Moated sites.<\/p>\n\n\nDownloads<\/h3>\n\n\n