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Hall Garth moated site is a medieval fortified enclosure located in Yorkshire, comprising a substantial moated platform with associated drainage channels and a fishpond that reflect the agricultural and defensive concerns of the period. The moat represents a common form of high-status settlement protection in medieval England, typically dating to the twelfth to sixteenth centuries, whilst the fishpond indicates the economic importance of fish cultivation to a substantial household. The drainage channels served both practical functions in water management and may have contributed to the defensive capability of the site. The monument survives as an earthwork complex that provides archaeological evidence of medieval domestic organisation and the landscape management practices of the period.
Hall Garth moated site, associated drainage channels and fishpond is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013190. View the official record →
Hall Garth moated site is a medieval fortified enclosure located in Yorkshire, comprising a substantial moated platform with associated drainage channels and a fishpond that reflect the agricultural and defensive concerns of the period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013190.
Hall Garth moated site, associated drainage channels and fishpond 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 1013190.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site at Metham Hall Farm (2.4 km), Adlingfleet medieval rectory, 60m south of All Saints Church (2.8 km), Camera and moated site at Faxfleet Hall (4.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hall Garth moated site, associated drainage channels and fishpond's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Hall Garth moated site, associated drainage channels and fishpond stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.