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The moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, located north-west of Carlam Hill Farm in Yorkshire, is a medieval agricultural complex associated with monastic landholding and resource management. The site comprises the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure characteristic of monastic granges, which served as outlying farming settlements managed by religious houses to exploit distant estates and generate revenue. The associated fishponds represent the deliberate management of water resources for food production, a common feature of medieval monastic economies. The monument dates to the medieval period and survives as an important archaeological record of monastic agricultural organisation and land use in northern England.
Moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, 630m north west of Carlam Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016068. View the official record →
The moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, located north-west of Carlam Hill Farm in Yorkshire, is a medieval agricultural complex associated with monastic landholding and resource management. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016068.
Moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, 630m north west of Carlam Hill Farm 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 1016068.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Meaux Cistercian Abbey (2.8 km), Site of Swine Cistercian nunnery (3.2 km), Round barrow 300m south of Castle Hill Farm (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, 630m north west of Carlam Hill Farm'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.
Moated monastic grange site and fishponds in Paradise Wood, 630m north west of Carlam Hill Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.