Scheduled Monuments›England›Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church

Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church

England
List entry 1017455
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017455
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.6 hectares
Grid reference
SE 67605 26025
Boundary

Scheduled area

© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)

Overview

History & significance

Castle Hill moated site is a scheduled ancient monument situated approximately 350 metres south of St Peter and St Paul's Church in Yorkshire. The site comprises a substantial moated enclosure of medieval date, representing a form of defensive domestic settlement characteristic of the high and late medieval period in northern England. The earthwork survives as a ditched platform with associated banks, indicative of a modest fortified residence or manor house that would have been occupied by a local landholder. Such moated sites, though more common in the Midlands and southern England, demonstrate the dispersed pattern of medieval settlement and administrative authority across Yorkshire during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries.

Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017455. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church?

Castle Hill moated site is a scheduled ancient monument situated approximately 350 metres south of St Peter and St Paul's Church in Yorkshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church?

Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1017455.

What other scheduled monuments are near Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Scurff Hall moated site (1.2 km), Drax Augustinian priory (2.5 km), Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall (4.5 km).

Unlimited access

Everything a full report reveals about Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
First month just £4.99, then £9.99 a month. Unlimited locations, cancel anytime.

Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.

Start your Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church report
Or see a real report first
Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Scurff Hall moated site
1.2 km
Drax Augustinian priory
2.5 km
Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall
4.5 km
Kings Manor moated site, 450m south of Little London
6 km
Wressle Castle
6.3 km
Warren Hall moated site
9.2 km
Cross in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church
10.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church

Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church

YorkRoman town · ~16.7 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~14.3 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~18.2 milesBattle of Marston Moor 1644Battle (1644) · ~20.3 miles
Domesday entry for Drax, Yorkshire →
All Scheduled Monuments