The moat survives as a well-preserved arrangement of parallel banks each 6m-8m wide and up to 1m high separated by a boggy moat 8m wide on the south, 7m on the west. A slight bank survives on the east but only the inner scarp is now apparent; some damage has been caused by pathway erosion.
Overall, the banks define an area measuring about 100m east-west by 30m, resting on a stream to the north. The 'moat' is defined by further banks, 140m east by west by 50m overall.
The remains have been described as possible fishponds.
Sources:
OS record ST38NE7.
RCAHMW air photos: 945059/47 & 50; 955223/44-5.
J.Wiles 24.02.04
Resources
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application/pdfBRAS - Bristol and Region Archaeological Services Survey ArchivesDigital copy of report from an archaeological desktop study of land at Olivers and Fairholme Garden Centres, Langstone, Gwent, ref no 405/1997, carried out by Bristol and Region Archaeological Services in 1997 for Alfred McAlpine Homes South West Ltd.
