Monument record TR 04 NW 11 - Homestead moat, Buckwell Farm, Boughton Aluph

Summary

The remains of a homestead moat are located at Buckwell Farm in Boughton Aluph. The moat is dry and in reasonable condition except for its eastern arm which is destroyed. It was originally thought that the old fish pond associated with the moat was a watercress bed but there is no apparently no evidence to support this statement. The farmhouse is a timber framed with 17th century brickwork.

Location

Grid reference TR 042 482 (point) FCE
Map sheet TR04NW
County KENT
District ASHFORD, KENT
Civil Parish BOUGHTON ALUPH, ASHFORD, KENT

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Full Description

(TR 04294825) Buckwell Farm (NAT) (1) Buckwell Farmhouse, Boughton Aluph, is a timber framed building with a Norman cellar but refaced with red brick in the 17th c. There is a dried up moat and the watercress bed is the old fish pond. (2,3) Buckwell Farmhouse as described above except that the cellars show no Norman work and appear to be contemporary with the rest of the structure. The building is of little architectural interest. The moat centred at TR 04254825, is dry; the E arm is destroyed, otherwise it is in fair condition. Surveyed at 1:2500. There is no evidence to show that the watercress beds occupy the site of a fishpond. (4) TR 043482. Buckwell Farm. Listed in the county checklist of moated sites in Kent - December 1979. (5) Historic England archive material: BF008722 BUCKWELL FARM, BOUGHTON ALUPH File of material relating to a site or building. This material has not yet been fully catalogued. Copyright, date, and quantity information for this record may be incomplete or inaccurate.


<1> OS 6" 1961 (OS Card Reference). SKE48369.

<2> MHLG 1886/11/A East Ashford RD Kent July 1955 11 (OS Card Reference). SKE47076.

<3> A Saunter through Kent 25 1931 54-5 (C Igglesden) (OS Card Reference). SKE32884.

<4> F1 ASP 05-JUN-1963 (OS Card Reference). SKE41943.

<5> Moated Sites Res Gp Rep no 6 1979 46 (OS Card Reference). SKE47271.

<6> Field report for monument TR 04 NW 11 - June, 1963 (Bibliographic reference). SKE5156.

Sources/Archives (6)

  • <1> OS Card Reference: OS 6" 1961.
  • <2> OS Card Reference: MHLG 1886/11/A East Ashford RD Kent July 1955 11.
  • <3>XY OS Card Reference: A Saunter through Kent 25 1931 54-5 (C Igglesden). [Mapped feature: #39142 moated site, ]
  • <4> OS Card Reference: F1 ASP 05-JUN-1963.
  • <5> OS Card Reference: Moated Sites Res Gp Rep no 6 1979 46.
  • <6> Bibliographic reference: Field report for monument TR 04 NW 11 - June, 1963.

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Record last edited

Nov 10 2021 12:05PM