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Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church

England
List entry 1015811
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015811
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.5 hectares
Grid reference
SE 69972 86797
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

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 →

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Questions & answers

What is Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church?

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.

Who is responsible for protecting Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church?

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.

What other scheduled monuments are near Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church?

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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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
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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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

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
Low Cross, a reused standing stone on Kirkgate Lane in Appleton-le-Moors
3.7 km
Wayside cross called Stony Cross on the A170 920m south east of Highfield House
3.7 km
High Cross wayside cross on Kirkgate Lane, north of Appleton-le-Moors
3.8 km
Skiplam Grange monastic grange
4.3 km
The Old Hall, 50m north west of All Saints Church
4.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church

Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Moated site known as Vivers Hill Castle, 300m north east of the parish church

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~18.1 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~22.1 milesYorkRoman town · ~22.5 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~19.7 miles
Domesday entry for Kirby, Yorkshire →
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