Taynton Mote Farm (The Gatehouse Record)

In the civil parish of Taynton.
In the historic county of Gloucestershire.
Modern Authority of Gloucestershire.
1974 county of Gloucestershire.
Medieval County of Gloucestershire.

OS Map Grid Reference: SO72962106
Latitude 51.88744° Longitude -2.39427°

Taynton Mote Farm has been described as a Fortified Manor House but is rejected as such.

There are no visible remains.

Description

On the bases of this place name Salter suggests this was a moated or fortified site. Called Moat Farm on 1887 OS map and small square moat marked, which is no longer evident on aerial photo. Recorded in PastScape as "Medieval homestead moat which was dry when surveyed in 1971 and was destroyed some time before 1988. The moat ditch is obscured by trees on the available aerial photographs."

The dry homestead moat centred at SO 72962106 is 56.0m ENE-WSW and 46.0m NNW-SSE. The two southern sides remain as a ditch averaging 1.0m deep; the WSW side having been partly destroyed at the west angle. The two northern arms are similar but they have a retaining bank which attains a height of 1.6m in the NNW. A modern cut has been made through the north angle which is now overgrown. (PastScape ref. 1954 OS map annoted record)

Sources of information, references and further reading

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s) 113444.
County Historic Environment Record (or Sites and Monuments Record) number(s) 5324.

Books
- Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 35
Periodical Articles
- McDonald, R., 2005, 'Mote Farm, Taynton' Dean Archaeology Vol. 18 p. 44-46
  Rawes, B., 1978, 'A Preliminary Check List of Moated Sites in Gloucestershire' Glevensis Vol. 12 p. 37 online copy

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