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Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House

England
List entry 1007715
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007715
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
4.98 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 34598 11016
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Low Dinsdale is a medieval moated manorial site located at the Manor House in County Durham. The monument consists of the earthwork remains of a moat that once surrounded a manorial dwelling, evidencing the settlement pattern and defensive arrangements typical of medieval gentry landholding in northern England. The site dates to the medieval period, when such moated enclosures served both practical and symbolic functions for local lords managing agricultural estates. The survival of these earthworks provides valuable archaeological evidence of the medieval landscape and the hierarchical organisation of rural settlement in the North East.

Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007715. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House?

Low Dinsdale is a medieval moated manorial site located at the Manor House in County Durham. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007715.

Who is responsible for protecting Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House?

Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House 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 1007715.

What other scheduled monuments are near Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Anglo-Saxon cross in St John the Baptist's churchyard (0.2 km), Tower Hill motte castle, 370m north-east of Dinsdale Spa (1.3 km), Deserted medieval village of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House (3.3 km).

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Overview
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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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Anglo-Saxon cross in St John the Baptist's churchyard
0.2 km
Tower Hill motte castle, 370m north-east of Dinsdale Spa
1.3 km
Deserted medieval village of West Hartburn, 100m north-east of Foster House
3.3 km
Newsham deserted medieval village
3.7 km
Pre-Conquest and post-Conquest church and graveyard and medieval and post-medieval manors at Sockburn
4 km
Medieval settlement and associated field system and post-medieval chapel, adjacent to Manor House Farm
4.3 km
Roman rural settlement 375m east of Chapel House Farm
5.3 km
Medieval settlement of Dalton upon Tees and associated field system
5.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House

Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Medieval moated manorial site of Low Dinsdale at the Manor House

CatterickRoman town · ~10.5 milesBattle of Northallerton 1138Battle (1138) · ~8.1 milesBattle of the Standard 1138Battle (1138) · ~8.3 milesBattle of Neville's Cross 1346Battle (1346) · ~20.3 miles
Domesday entry for Dinsdale, Yorkshire →
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