As you walk through Trent Country Park, you might not be expecting to come across a medieval moat. But that's exactly what you'll discover. Probably built in the 14th century, there was once a lodge here that may have been used to detain those who broke forest laws. There was a wooden drawbridge to cross the water.

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The ghost of Geoffrey De Mandeville, Earl of Sussex and Hertfordshire and Constable of the Tower of London has been haunting the Moat since the 12th Century. He was arrested for treason and hid his treasure down a very deep well which he guards. Many have tried to find the well but so far none have succedded

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Poor quality excavations in the late 1880s and again in 1923 suggested that the lodge was quite substantial, with rubble masonry walls and glazed floor tiles in some rooms.

The name Camlet remains a mystery. It first appears in local records in 1440 AD.
The moat was originally crossed by a wooden drawbridge, the base frame of which was lifted in 1923 and recorded in 1949. A small piece found recently was dendro-chronologically dated to c.1357.

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1. Trent Country Park — Yellow Walking Route

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2. Trent Park Café – The Duke's Pyramid Obelisk loop from Oak Hill Wood Nature Reserve

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3. Trent Park Obelisk – The Duke's Pyramid Obelisk loop from Oak Hill Wood Nature Reserve

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Location: London, Greater London, England, United Kingdom

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Camlet Moat

1. Trent Country Park — Yellow Walking Route

2. Trent Park Café – The Duke's Pyramid Obelisk loop from Oak Hill Wood Nature Reserve

3. Trent Park Obelisk – The Duke's Pyramid Obelisk loop from Oak Hill Wood Nature Reserve

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