Monument record MCC8958 - East Donyland Hall

Summary

Moat at East Donyland Hall.

Location

Grid reference Centred TM 028 209 (298m by 155m)
Map sheet TM02SW
Civil Parish EAST DONYLAND, COLCHESTER, ESSEX

Map

Type and Period (2)

Full Description

Moat at East Donyland Hall. <1> <2> Tracing of (?)OS 6" map of 1874 from ERO in SMR, shows three arms of a moat with a small building within and others outside. It also shows two ponds to north-west and north-east and a series of three small rectangular ponds to the south-east of the moat. <5> <6> Incomplete, rectangular moat. <7> Sketch plan on back of MSRG card shows moat and the three rectangular ponds similar to earlier map. <8> APs show site survived in 1976 in similar form to that shown on map in SMR, waterfilled. The three ponds were in woodland and so did not show on APs. Of the other ponds, that to the north-east of the moat showed in the arrangement of a group of trees. <3> <4>

Sources/Archives (9)

  • <1> DESC TEXT: unknown. 1960 0nwards. SMR form unknown.
  • <2> DESC TEXT: RCHME. 1922. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in Essex - Volume 3. Vol 3, p.91.
  • <3> AP: NMR. 1974. TM0221/2/104. Date 1974:6.
  • <4> AP: NMR. 1976. TM0221/4/324. Date 1976:6.
  • <5> Map: Ordnance Survey?. 1874. SMR. 6".
  • <6> Map: Ordnance Survey?. 1874. D-CT 116.
  • <7> LIST: unknown. unknown. TM02-008.
  • <8> Map: unknown. unknown. TM02-008.
  • <9> Map: Ingle, CJ, Strachan, D, Tyler, S and Saunders, H. 1993-2012. NMP Cropmark Plot - 1:10,000.

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Record last edited

Nov 3 2015 11:41AM

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