Site Event/Activity record ECH7262 - Field Observation on SJ 46 SW 2

[SJ 4202 6348] Foundations of a building and the remains of a well have been encountered when digging in the orchard [site indicated to investigator]. The present house is known as Old Hall, Huntington. [E. Geary. F.I. 12/11/1954]. No trace of any building exists in the area indicated. The land in the vicinity is slightly higher than the remainder of the moated area and a likely site for the house referred to in Simpson (see 2) and The Cheshire Sheaf (see 3). The moat has an average width of ten metres and a maximum depth of two metres. It is water-filled except for the eastern half of the south side. The southern part of the east side had been widened to form a pond. There is an outer bank on all sides except the east. This bank has an average width of seven metres and varies in height from 0.4 to 0.8 metres. A shallow ditch running north-south divides the enclosed area in two. This ditch, which is dry, has an average width of twelve metres and a depth of 0.6 metres. It is probably the remains of an inner moat. Access to the enclosed area is by stone bridge at SJ 4204 6347 and by modern causeway at SJ 4203 6342. The bridge is of single span with segmented arch. It has no dateable features but its proximity to the probable site of the Hall suggests that it may be the original entrance. None of the existing farm building shows any trace of antiquity and the farmhouse is apparently of late eighteenth / early nineteenth century date. [E. Geary. F.I. 12/11/1954].