HER Record

HER ID: 24890, Earthwork Enclosure, Longstock

HER Summary: A rectangular earthwork enclosure bounded on 3 sides by a bank and ditch and on the fourth side by the River Test.

HER Category: Monument

HER Web Link: No link available

Type: Bibliographic Reference
Description: No information available
Date Range: 1915 - 1989
Type: Air Photo Survey
Description: Earthwork feature observed on an AP dated 1946. NOTE: see also SMR AP 918
Date Range: 1946 - 1946
Type: Desk Based Assessment
Description: A DBA focused on Longstock Charity Farmhouse disscussed the moat in some depth. The site is a rectangular enclosure 160m long and 140m wide and bounded to the south by the River Test. A small square earthwork in the centre measures 10m by 10m. The interpretation is that this site is a post conquest defended manor house.
Date Range: 2013 - 2013
Type: Bibliographic Reference
Description: No information available
Date Range: 1915 - 1989
Type: Air Photo Survey
Description: Earthwork feature observed on an AP dated 1946. NOTE: see also SMR AP 918
Date Range: 1946 - 1946
Type: Desk Based Assessment
Description: A DBA focused on Longstock Charity Farmhouse disscussed the moat in some depth. The site is a rectangular enclosure 160m long and 140m wide and bounded to the south by the River Test. A small square earthwork in the centre measures 10m by 10m. The interpretation is that this site is a post conquest defended manor house.
Date Range: 2013 - 2013

Type: Created
Classification: Moat
Form: No information available
Description: 1) A rectangular earthwork enclosure bounded on 3 sides by a bank and ditch and on the fourth side by the River Test. Within the enclosure is a rectangular depression linked to the river by a channel, probably the remains of a Danish dock. 2) The earthwork is extant but over grown. Impossible to date or classify. It is most likeley that the earthwork represents a moated manor house of Medieval date.
Date Range: 1066 - 1233
Type: Created
Classification: Moat
Form: No information available
Description: 1) A rectangular earthwork enclosure bounded on 3 sides by a bank and ditch and on the fourth side by the River Test. Within the enclosure is a rectangular depression linked to the river by a channel, probably the remains of a Danish dock. 2) The earthwork is extant but over grown. Impossible to date or classify. It is most likeley that the earthwork represents a moated manor house of Medieval date.
Date Range: 1066 - 1233