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Manor House moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises a moat—a water-filled or water-retaining defensive ditch—which represents a common form of domestic fortification employed by the minor gentry and substantial landowners during the medieval period. Such moated sites were particularly prevalent in England between the 12th and 16th centuries, serving both defensive and status-signalling functions. The earthwork survives as a scheduled ancient monument and provides archaeological evidence of medieval settlement patterns and domestic organisation in the Yorkshire landscape.
Manor House moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012202. View the official record →
Manor House moated site is a medieval earthwork monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012202.
Manor House 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 1012202.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Dead Man's Cave, Anston (3 km), Thorpe Salvin Old Hall (3.8 km), Castle Hill motte and bailey castle (4.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Manor House moated site'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.
Manor House moated site stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.