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Moated site in Hall Garth Park

England

List entry 1007845

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1007845

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.88 hectares

Grid reference

TA 20106 47722

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Moated site in Hall Garth Park is a medieval defensive and residential enclosure located in Yorkshire. The site comprises a substantial water-filled or formerly water-filled ditch surrounding a raised platform, a characteristic feature of moated homesteads that were widespread throughout England during the medieval period, particularly from the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. Such moated sites typically served as the focal points of agricultural holdings, providing both practical water supply and a degree of protection for the domestic and ancillary buildings constructed within the enclosure. The Hall Garth Park example represents an important surviving example of this domestic settlement form, preserving evidence of medieval land organisation and the evolution of the Yorkshire landscape.

Moated site in Hall Garth Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007845. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Moated site in Hall Garth Park?

Moated site in Hall Garth Park is a medieval defensive and residential enclosure located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007845.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site in Hall Garth Park?

Moated site in Hall Garth Park 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 1007845.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site in Hall Garth Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including East Field crop mark site centred 300m SSE of Northorpe, interpreted as a Neolithic henge later reused as a Bronze Age ringwork (1.2 km), Medieval settlement of Southorpe and field system, north east of Southorpe Farm (1.4 km), Village cross (3.3 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.

Timeline

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

East Field crop mark site centred 300m SSE of Northorpe, interpreted as a Neolithic henge later reused as a Bronze Age ringwork

1.2 km

Medieval settlement of Southorpe and field system, north east of Southorpe Farm

Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post and World War II visual spotting post, 200m north of Southfield House

7.5 km

Hallgarth medieval hall and moat

7.6 km

Manorial earthworks and fishponds in Rise Park, including the site of Black Hall and Mote Hill

8.1 km

Skipsea Castle: 11th century motte and bailey castle and inland harbour

8.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site in Hall Garth Park

Moated site in Hall Garth Park stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Hornsea, Yorkshire →

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