NHER 3229 (Monument record) - Medieval moated site, Melton Constable Park

Moat.
Site of predecessor of Melton Hall.
R.R. Clarke (NCM).

Unit aerial photograph's show annexe with internal features.
E. Rose (NAU).

February 2001.
Moats broad about 6m waterfilled, some tree growth in moats. Banks scrub covered in many areas.
Under stewardship, scrub will be cut and poisoned, some tree surgery to overhanging branches. Removal of top leaf detritus to be undertaken with watching brief.
H. Paterson (A&E), 8 February 2001.

May 2001. Site visit.
Scrub clearance and tree surgery undertaken as part of stewardship programme. Moat dredged to make 1.2m (4ft) after discovery and removal of World War Two bombs by army. Silts spread around moat and ploughed in, will be seeded with grass. Old World War Two hut demolished and used to heighten low access ramp. 70 course shrubs planted to replace cut scrub - shallow rooted. Land drains and exit drain control water levels.
H. Paterson (A & E), 21 May 2001.

See also (S1), in file for NHER 30472 and in (S2), that shows an L-shaped pond to the southwest of the present hall as well as this moated site.
E. Rose (NLA), 27 October 2004.