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Moated grange at Moor Grange

England
List entry 1007971
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007971
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.75 hectares
Grid reference
TA 13895 51239
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Moated grange at Moor Grange is a medieval agricultural settlement site located in Yorkshire. The monument comprises a moated enclosure, a defensive earthwork consisting of a water-filled ditch surrounding a raised platform or island, which served to protect the grange buildings and their associated resources. The site dates to the medieval period, when granges functioned as outlying farms operated by monastic or manorial institutions to manage agricultural production and storage. The moated construction reflects the medieval tendency to fortify or demarcate important economic centres within the landscape, providing both practical protection and a visible assertion of authority over the surrounding territory.

Moated grange at Moor Grange is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007971. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated grange at Moor Grange?

Moated grange at Moor Grange is a medieval agricultural settlement site located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007971.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated grange at Moor Grange?

Moated grange at Moor Grange 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 1007971.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated grange at Moor Grange?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Market cross (4.2 km), Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbour (4.3 km), Hallgarth medieval hall and moat (4.6 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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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Market cross
4.2 km
Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbour
4.3 km
Hallgarth medieval hall and moat
4.6 km
Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post and World War II visual spotting post, 200m north of Southfield House
5.1 km
Village cross
5.2 km
East Field crop mark site centred 300m SSE of Northorpe, interpreted as a Neolithic henge later reused as a Bronze Age ringwork
6.3 km
Hayholme moated site
6.5 km
Medieval settlement of Southorpe and field system, north east of Southorpe Farm
7.5 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated grange at Moor Grange

Moated grange at Moor Grange stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated grange at Moor Grange

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