Moat

Moat is a ruins in Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, England. Moat is situated nearby to the church All Saints, as well as near the dwelling Santon.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Thetford Forest and All Saints.

Thetford Forest

Photo: Kelly, CC0.

Thetford Forest is the largest lowland pine forest in Great Britain and is located in a region straddling the north of Suffolk and the south of Norfolk in England. It covers over 19,000 ha in the form of a Site of Special Scientific Interest.

All Saints

Church

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

All Saints is a church, which is situated 560 feet east of Moat.

Santon

Dwelling

Photo: Evelyn Simak, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Santon is a depopulated village near Santon Downham, in the civil parish of Lynford, in the Breckland district, in Norfolk, England. Moated earthworks and other remains of the medieval village are a scheduled monument. Santon is situated 760 feet east of Moat.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santon Downham and Brandon.

Santon Downham

Hamlet

Photo: Rodney Burton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Santon Downham is a village and civil parish in the West Suffolk district of Suffolk in eastern England. In 2005 it had a population of 240. The village is located within Thetford Forest on a meander of the River Little Ouse on the Norfolk-Suffolk border. Thetford is 4 miles southeast and the nearest railway station is in Brandon 2 miles west.

Brandon

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY 2.5.

Brandon is a town and civil parish in the English county of Suffolk. Brandon is located in the Breckland area of Suffolk in the extreme north-west of the county, close to the adjoining county of Norfolk.

Weeting

Village

Photo: Oxyman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Weeting is a village in Norfolk, England. The population can be found in the civil parish of Weeting-with-Broomhill. The village's name means 'wet place'. Weeting is situated 3½ miles west of Moat.

Moat

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: Santon Downham, Forest Heath District, Suffolk, East of England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

52.45288° or 52° 27′ 10″ north

Longitude

0.68796° or 0° 41′ 17″ east

Open location code

9F42FM3Q+55

OpenStreetMap ID

way 464572644

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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