Monument record MDO1868 - Moat at Moigne Court, Owermoigne

A moat enclosing a square area of about two thirds of an acre around Moigne Court. The ditch of the moat is now mostly dry and partly filled in. The southern part remains open and is about fifty feet wide at the top and between 5 and 8 feet deep, while the ditch on the northern side is around 3 feet deep.

Moigne Court, a late 13th century stone rubble-built moated house of two storeys with first floor hall and some 16th century windows and modern additions. <1>

A moat enclosing a square area of about two thirds of an acre around Moigne Court. The ditch of the moat is now mostly dry and partly filled in. The southern part remains open and is about fifty feet wide at the top and between 5 and 8 feet deep, while the ditch on the northern side is around 3 feet deep. <3>

Moigne's Court. A moated house with a first floor hall. Late 13th century with 16th alterations to fenestration. A c1900 south cross range on site of original solar wing and a c1900 north east wing. <4>

Moat The now dry moat surrounding the house encloses a square area of about 2/3 acre. The much overgrown sides are 52 metres long and partially filled-in, except for the southern arm which is 1.5m - 2.5 metres deep and 15 metres wide at its top with a flat bottom 7.5 metres wide. On the north side the ditch is only 1 metre deep; the foundations of a bridge were found on this side in the 19th century.

Moigne Court (name confirmed) is as described by RCHM <3>. The moat is generally as described, and is partly water-filled on the south, but now very overgrown. Moat, fishponds and earthworks, re-surveyed, and mounds and banks to west of house surveyed at, 1:2500 on MSD. <7>

The ruined structure of Moigne Court and part of a wall around it are visible on aerial photographs of 2005. <10> This site was digitally plotted as part of the Wild Purbeck Mapping Project.

Coulson, C, 1989, Letter, Dr C Coulson (Unpublished document). SWX8684.

<1> Shipp, W, and Hodson, J W (eds), 1863, The History and Antiquities of the County of Dorset. 3rd edition. Volume 2, 454-8 (Monograph). SWX1269.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 6in, 1963 (Map). SWX1540.

(SY 7705870) Moigne Court (NR)
(SY 77078579) Chapel (NR) (site of) (NAT)
(Centred SY 772857) Earthwork (NR)

<3> Royal Commission on Historical Monuments (England), 1970, An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume II (South East) Part 1, 184-186 (Monograph). SDO148.

'(2) MOIGNE COURT … The Moat around (Fig. p. 186) encloses a square area of about 2/3 acre with sides about 170 ft. long. Th interior, covered with buildings and gardens, is highest at the S.E. angle, where the level seems to be natural, but several feet lower at the S.W., apparently due to the construction of sunk lawns. The ditch, originally wet, is now mostly dry, disturbed, overgrown and filled-in except for the S. arm. This is about 50 ft. wide across the top, 25 ft. wide across the apparently flat bottom, 5 ft. deep below the interior and about 8 ft. deep below the exterior. On the N. the ditch is only 3 ft. deep. It is uncertain where the original entrance lay. Bridge foundations were found on the N. in the 19th century (Hutchins I, 456-8); the causeway on the E., 30 ft. wide, is apparently recent but the pattern of earthworks E. of it is compatible with an earlier bridge; the present main entrance S. fo the N.W. angle replaced a wooden bridge.'

<4> Newman, J, and Pevsner, N, 1972, The Buildings of England: Dorset, 309-10 (Monograph). SWX1290.

<5> Department of the Environment, 1978, Department of the Environment (IAM) Ancient Monuments of England (Vol 2), 82 (Monograph). SWX1687.

<6> Upton, K L, 1978, The Moated Sites of Dorset, 31-2 (Unpublished document). SDO14051.

<7> Barton, J G, Various, Field Investigators Comments JGB, F2 JGB 25-JAN-80 (Unpublished document). SDO11900.

<8> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments, Externally held archive: RCH01/093 RCHME Inventory: Dorset II (South-East) (Unpublished document). SDO17434.

<9> Historic England, Historic England Archive (Index). SDO14738.

Object Number
Object Title
Scope And Content
A35486 OVERMOIGNE
P35380 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35381 OVERMOIGNE-EXCAVATIONS
P35382 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35383 OVERMOIGNE -UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE
P35384 OVERMOIGNE -SITE AFTER SOIL COVER REMOVED
P35385 OVERMOIGNE -TOP COVER REMOVED
P35386 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING DOWN ON SITE
P35387 OVERMOIGNE -LOOKING DOWN ON SITE
P35388 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING DOWN ON PARTIALY EXCAVATED WALLS
P35389 OVERMOIGNE-PARTIALLY EXCAVATED WALLS
P35390 OVERMOIGNE -UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE
P35391 OVERMOIGNE-UNSPECIFIED VIEW
P35392 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING DOWN ON LATER VIEW OF SITE
P35393 OVERMOIGNE-WORK PROCEEDING
P35394 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35395 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35396 OVERMOIGNE -EXCAVATED DITCH
P35397 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF SITE SHOWING CAMERA ROSTRUM
P35398 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND FLOOR
P35399 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS AND FLOOR
P35400 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS AND FLOOR
P35401 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS AND FLOOR
P35402 OVERMOIGNE -ARTWORK ON THE WALLS
P35403 OVERMOIGNE-DITCH
P35404 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND FLOOR
P35405 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS AND FLOOR
P35406 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND FLOOR
P35407 OVERMOIGNE -STONE SCATTER
P35408 OVERMOIGNE-FLOOR AND WALLS
P35409 OVERMOIGNE-OVERHEAD ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATIONS
P35410 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND FLOOR
P35411 OVERMOIGNE -VIEW SHOWS UNEXCAVATED PART OF SITE.
P35412 OVERMOIGNE -FLOOR AND WALLS
P35413 OVERMOIGNE-OVERHEAD ROSTRUM VIEW OF WORK PROCEEDING
P35414 OVERMOIGNE- VIEW SHOWING UNEXCAVATED PART OF SITE.
P35415 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF EXCAVATIONS
P35416 OVERMOIGNE
P35417 OVERMOIGNE-EXCAVATIONS AT WORK
P35418 OVERMOIGNE- ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATIONS
P35419 OVERMOIGNE-ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATIONS
P35420 OVERMOIGNE-SITE SHOWING WALLS AND DITCH
P35421 OVERMOIGNE-EXCAVATION CLEARING NONE SOIL
P35422 OVERMOIGNE -ROSTRUM VIEW OF SITE
P35423 OVERMOIGNE -CLOSE UP OF WALL BY EXCAVATOR
P35424 OVERMOIGNE -CLOSE UP OF VOLUNTEER
P35425 OVERMOIGNE-ROSTRUM VIEW OF SITE
P35426 OVERMOIGNE-OVERHEAD ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATION
P35427 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATION
P35428 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD LONG VIEW OF SITE
P35429 OVERMOIGNE-UNDISTURBED VIEW OF SITE
P35430 OVERMOIGNE- VIEW OF UNDISTTURBED SITE
P35431 OVERMOIGNE -TOP SOIL BEING REMOVED
P35432 OVERMOIGNE -SOIL BEING REMOVED
P35433 OVERMOIGNE -OUTLINE OF WALLS APPEAR
P35434 OVERMOIGNE-ROSTRUM GENERAL VIEW AROUND SITE
P35435 OVERMOIGNE -ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATION
P35436 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF SITE SHOWING WOODLAND
P35437 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF SITE SHOWING WOODLAND
P35438 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD VIEW OF SITE
P35439 OVERMOIGNE
P35440 OVERMOIGNE-CLOSE UP OF SITE SHOWING WALL IN BACKGROUND
P35441 OVERMOIGNE -STONE SCATTER
P35442 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING TOWARDS ROSTRUM
P35443 OVERMOIGNE-ROSTRUM VIEW OF EXCAVATION
P35444 OVERMOIGNE -CLOSE UP OF WORK
P35445 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35446 OVERMOIGNE-WALL PARTIALLY CLEARED
P35447 OVERMOIGNE-INTENSIVE WORK AT NORTH END OF SITE
P35448 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35449 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35450 OVERMOIGNE-EXCAVATED WALLS AND DITCH
P35451 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35452 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF PARTIALLY CLEARED FLOOR.
P35453 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF PARTIALLY CLEARED FLOOR
P35454 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35455 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35456 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW SHOWING EXCAVATED STOREY.
P35457 OVERMOIGNE -VIEW SHOWING DITCH IN FOREGROUND WITH NEW AREA IN BACKGROUND.
P35458 OVERMOIGNE -PARTIALLY CLEARED AREA
P35459 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35460 OVERMOIGNE -VIEW OF SITE WITH WOODS IN BACKGROUND
P35461 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS, DITCH WITH INVADED WALLS
P35462 OVERMOIGNE-FLOOR AND WALLS
P35463 OVERMOIGNE -FLOOR AND WALLS
P35464 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW SHOWING OUTLINE OF BUILDINGS
P35465 OVERMOIGNE-OVERHEAD VIEW OF SITE
P35466 OVERHEAD VIEW OF BUILDINGS OVERHEAD VIEW OF BUILDINGS
P35467 OVERMOIGNE -FLOOR AREA
P35468 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35469 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING TO WEST OF SITE
P35470 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS WITH CRUMBLING WALL IN BACKGROUND
P35471 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35472 OVERMOIGNE-WORK IN PROGRESS
P35473 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35474 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW SHOWING WALLS OF BUILDING
P35475 OVERMOIGNE-FLOOR AREA
P35476 OVERMOIGNE-TOP SOIL BEING REMOVED
P35477 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD VIEW CLEARLY SHOWING BUILDING OUTLINE
P35478 OVERMOIGNE-EXCAVATION IN PROGRESS
P35479 OVERMOIGNE -EXCAVATIONS IN PROGRESS
P35480 OVERMOIGNE-EXCAVATIONS IN PROGRESS LOOKING WEST
P35481 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING WEST OVER EXCAVATION
P35482 OVERMOIGNE-CLOSE UP OF WALLS
P35483 OVERMOIGNE -CLOSE UP OF WALLS
P35484 OVERMOIGNE-SOUTH END OF SITE
P35485 OVERMOIGNE -SOUTH END OF SITE
P35486 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF WALLS
P35487 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS LOOKING WEST
P35488 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF WALLS AND STOREY
P35489 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD VIEW OF EXCAVATION
P35490 OVERMOIGNE -SOIL STRIPPING
P35491 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF STOREY
P35492 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD VIEW OF WALLS AND STOREY
P35493 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS/ STOREY
P35494 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW SHOWING 2 AREAS BEING EXCAVATED
P35495 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF BUILDING OUTLINE AND 2ND AREA IN PROCEEDING
P35496 OVERMOIGNE -TOP SOIL STRIPPING
P35497 OVERMOIGNE -WORK ON WALLS
P35498 OVERMOIGNE -OVERHEAD VIEW OF SITE
P35499 OVERMOIGNE- OVERHEAD VIEW OF SITE
P35500 OVERMOIGNE -GENERAL VIEW WITH EXPOSED WALL IN FOREGROUND
P35501 OVERMOIGNE -WORK ON FLOOR AND DITCH
P35502 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35503 OVERMOIGNE-UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE
P35504 OVERMOIGNE-LOOKING SOUTH AT EXCAVATION
P35505 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS WITH STONE SCATTER
P35506 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW WITH DECAYING WALL IN BACKGROUND
P35507 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND STONE SCATTER
P35508 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS AND STONE SCATTER
P35509 OVERMOIGNE-UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE
P35510 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35511 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35512 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35513 OVERMOIGNE-BUILDING OUTLINE AND DITCH
P35514 OVERMOIGNE-UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE
P35515 OVERMOIGNE -UNSPECIFIED VIEW OF SITE
P35516 OVERMOIGNE-FLOOR AREA
P35517 OVERMOIGNE-FLOOR AREA
P35518 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW OF SITE
P35519 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS/ STONE SCATTER
P35520 OVERMOIGNE -CLOSE-UP OF WALLS/BUILDING
P35521 OVERMOIGNE-CLOSE UP OF BUILDING OUTLINE
P35522 OVERMOIGNE -NORTH END OF SITE
P35523 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS AND FLOOR AREA
P35524 OVERMOIGNE-EXPOSED WALLS AND FLOOR
P35525 OVERMOIGNE-EXPOSED WALLS AND FLOOR
P35526 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF 3 AREAS BEING STRIPPED
P35527 OVERMOIGNE -UNSPECIFIED VIEW
P35528 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND FLOOR
P35529 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS AND FLOOR
P35530 OVERMOIGNE-DITCH/WALLS/FLOOR
P35531 OVERMOIGNE -DITCH/WALLS/FLOOR
P35532 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS/FLOOR AREA
P35533 OVERMOIGNE-WALLS/FLOOR AREA
P35534 OVERMOIGNE-VIEW OF VARIOUS EXCAVATED AREAS
P35535 OVERMOIGNE -WALLS
P35536 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35537 OVERMOIGNE-GENERAL VIEW
P35538 OVERMOIGNE-FLOOR AREA BEING CLEARED
P35539 OVERMOIGNE-EXPOSED WALLS
P35540 OVERMOIGNE -EXPOSED WALLS OF BUILDINGS
P35541 OVERMOIGNE-EXPOSED WALLS OF BUILDING
P35542 OVERMOIGNE-SECTIONS OF DITCH
P80000 OVERMOIGN

<10> Dorset County Council, XX-XXX-2005, Dorset CC Vertical Digital Photo Tile (Aerial Photograph). SDO13151.

<11> National Record of the Historic Environment, 453903 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

Record last edited

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