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Barlow Hall is a site of medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks located in Yorkshire. The earthworks visible on the ground represent the remains of occupation and land use spanning the medieval period into the early modern era, reflecting the evolution of settlement patterns and domestic landscape management across several centuries. The physical features preserve evidence of ridge and furrow cultivation, settlement platforms, and garden layouts characteristic of the transition between medieval and post-medieval land use practices. The site contributes to understanding rural settlement hierarchy and the development of the Yorkshire landscape during the late medieval and Tudor periods.
Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018403. View the official record →
Barlow Hall is a site of medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018403.
Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall 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 1018403.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Drax Augustinian priory (2.6 km), The Abbot's Staithes (4.4 km), Castle Hill moated site, 350m south of St Peter and St Paul's Church (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall'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.
Medieval settlement and early post-medieval garden earthworks around Barlow Hall stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.