[TQ62475885] Moat [NR] (1) Moat Farm, Wrotham. Little trace remains of the once considerable moating round the enclosure. (2) The remains of this homestead moat comprise the SE arm only, waterfilled and overgrown; of the other arms there is now no trace. Within the moat is a nondescript building, now business premises, described as 'Moat Farm Hotel', with the usual claims to antiquity. (3) Checked and corrrect except that the moat is now dry. Published 25" revised. (4) This feature now consists of a single channel of water; the moat itself now being dry and overgrown. TQ 623588. Listed in a checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (5) TQ 623588 Moat Farm/Hotel. Wrotham. (6)

<1> OS 6" 1936 (OS Card Reference). SKE48337.

<2> VCH Kent 1 1908 428 (OS Card Reference). SKE50901.

<3> F1 AC 27-JAN-59 (OS Card Reference). SKE41838.

<4> F2 FGA 27-FEB-64 (OS Card Reference). SKE43336.

<5> Moated Sites Res Gp 6 1979 48 (ed C J Bond) (OS Card Reference). SKE47259.

<6> Arch Cant 93 1977 222 (T Tatton Brown) (OS Card Reference). SKE36150.

<7> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 26 - January, 1959 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3363.

<8> Field report for monument TQ 65 NW 26 - February, 1964 (Bibliographic reference). SKE3364.