BOARZELL HOUSE

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Site of a moated house dated by excavated finds to late C13 or early C14. The monument concists of a rectangular moat which contained a house and other buildings. The buildings were demolished and the moat filled in in 1859.

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(TQ 71662849) Boarzell, a mid 15th c moated house,
which, according to documentary evidence, was demolished and
levelled in 1860. Excavations under the direction of Mr R
Dumbreck in 1971-2, which are to be continued, revealed ashlar
facing to the inner lip of the moat, and Md pottery and glass. A
report will be forwarded to Lewes Museum. (1)

The site of Boarzell is indicated by a low amorphous platform c
40.0m square, surrounded by marshy ground. Excavation trenches
are still exposed. A plan dated 1849 in Lewes Record Office shows
the house in the SE corner of the moated area. (2)

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( 1) Oral information, correspondence (not archived) or staff comments

( 2a) General reference

Plan 1849 (26.6' - 1 mile) Lewes Record Office

( 2) Field Investigators Comments

F1 PAS 08-JAN-73

(3) General reference

English Heritage Schedule Entry 14/03/1997

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