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Kimberworth Manor moated site

England
List entry 1013045
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013045
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.31 hectares
Grid reference
SK 40546 93251
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Kimberworth Manor moated site is a medieval enclosure monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a moated platform and associated earthworks that represent the defensive and domestic arrangements typical of a manorial settlement from the medieval period. The moat and its surrounding banks survive as significant landscape features that demonstrate the spatial organisation of a high-status medieval residence. As a scheduled ancient monument, the site preserves evidence of settlement hierarchy and land use patterns characteristic of the English medieval countryside.

Kimberworth Manor moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013045. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Kimberworth Manor moated site?

Kimberworth Manor moated site is a medieval enclosure monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013045.

Who is responsible for protecting Kimberworth Manor moated site?

Kimberworth Manor moated site 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 1013045.

What other scheduled monuments are near Kimberworth Manor moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top) (1.2 km), Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street (2.8 km), Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill (3.2 km).

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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Roman Ridge: SE of Hill Top (section 700yds (660m) long, Meadowhall Road to Hill Top)
1.2 km
Roman Ridge: section 600yds (550m) long between Jenkin Lane (now Road) and Tylers Street
2.8 km
Roman Ridge: section 180yds (160m) long on SE slopes of Wincobank Hill
3.2 km
Wincobank slight univallate hillfort and World War II anti-aircraft gun and searchlight emplacement
3.6 km
Canklow Hill earthworks
3.8 km
Blue Man's Bower moated site, Whiston
4.9 km
The glassworks cone
5 km
Former Sanderson's Darnall Steelworks and Don Valley Glassworks, Darnall Road
5.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Kimberworth Manor moated site

Kimberworth Manor moated site stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.

Domesday entry for Kimberworth, Yorkshire →
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