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Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall

England
List entry 1019549
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1019549
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.66 hectares
Grid reference
TL 39462 47757
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hall Yards is a moated site located approximately 150 metres north-west of Tyrell's Hall in Cambridgeshire. The monument comprises a substantial rectangular moat that formerly enclosed a domestic or manorial establishment, typical of medieval settlement patterns in the region. Dating to the medieval period, the site represents a form of land tenure and residential arrangement common amongst gentry and substantial landholding families during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries. The moat itself survives as an earthwork feature, indicating the former presence of a house platform within its bounds, though the superstructure has not survived to modern times.

Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019549. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall?

Hall Yards is a moated site located approximately 150 metres north-west of Tyrell's Hall in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019549.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall?

Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's 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 1019549.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill (8.8 km), Earl's Hill bowl barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath (9 km), Two bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath (9 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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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

Springfield style enclosure, three bowl barrows and two pond barrows on Whiteley Hill
8.8 km
Earl's Hill bowl barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath
9 km
Two bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath
9 km
Bowl barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath
9.1 km
Five bowl barrows: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath
9.2 km
Long barrow on Therfield Heath
9.3 km
Bell barrow: part of the round barrow cemetery on Therfield Heath
9.3 km
Barley lock-up
9.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall

Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site known as Hall Yards, 150m north west of Tyrell's Hall

Great ChesterfordRoman town · ~7.4 milesCambridgeRoman town · ~7.8 milesGodmanchesterRoman town · ~16.8 miles
Domesday entry for Shepreth, Cambridgeshire →
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