Scheduled MonumentsEnglandMedieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.

Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.

England
List entry 1007846
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007846
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
7.25 hectares
Grid reference
TA 15600 58736
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Barmston Old Hall is a complex of medieval agricultural and domestic features located in Yorkshire. The site comprises two moated enclosures, a pond, three fishponds, and associated field boundaries representing a significant example of medieval land management and settlement organisation. The moated sites likely indicate the presence of substantial medieval farmsteads or minor manorial establishments, whilst the fishponds demonstrate the exploitation of water resources for food production, a characteristic practice of medieval elite and monastic communities. The surviving earthworks, including parts of the associated field system, provide archaeological evidence of the settlement hierarchy and agricultural economy of medieval Yorkshire.

Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007846. View the official record →

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What is Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.?

Barmston Old Hall is a complex of medieval agricultural and domestic features located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007846.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.?

Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system. 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 1007846.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wharram Hill embankment cross (3.2 km), Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbour (3.9 km), Iron Age square barrow cemetery on Haisthorpe Moor, 750m WNW of Demming Farm (4.3 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
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Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
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Geology
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LiDAR
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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system.

Medieval complex at Barmston Old Hall, including two moated sites, a pond, three fishponds and associated enclosures with part of a field system. stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

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