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Vivers Hill Castle is a moated site located approximately 300 metres north-east of the parish church in Yorkshire. The monument comprises an earthwork consisting of a substantial moat surrounding a raised central platform, characteristic of medieval fortified domestic sites. The site dates to the medieval period, likely representing a small castle or fortified manor house serving as a residence for a local lord or substantial landowner. Such moated sites were a common form of defensive settlement in medieval England, particularly during the twelfth to fourteenth centuries, and this example survives today as an important earthwork monument demonstrating medieval settlement patterns in Yorkshire.
Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015811. View the official record →
Vivers Hill Castle is a moated site located approximately 300 metres north-east of the parish church in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015811.
Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church 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 1015811.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Neville Castle, 430m north west of the parish church (0.5 km), Starfits round barrow, 450m north east of Starfits House (1.9 km), Two round barrows on Low Common (2.9 km).
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