Scheduled MonumentsEnglandNether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church

Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church

England
List entry 1014621
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014621
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
5.64 hectares
Grid reference
SE 56434 55146
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of a medieval settlement and associated water management features located near St Everilda's Church in Yorkshire. The site includes a moated enclosure typical of medieval manorial settlements, together with fishponds that served both economic and domestic purposes, features characteristic of prosperous medieval rural estates. The earthworks date to the medieval period, representing the physical infrastructure of a manorial holding and its exploitation of local water resources. The preservation of these features as earthworks, now largely unexcavated, provides important evidence for understanding the settlement patterns and agricultural practices of medieval Yorkshire.

Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014621. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church?

Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks is a scheduled ancient monument comprising the remains of a medieval settlement and associated water management features located near St Everilda's Church in Yorkshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church?

Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's 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 1014621.

What other scheduled monuments are near Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cold War period Royal Observer Corps Group Headquarters, Howe Hill (3.9 km), Medieval stone town house known as The Norman House to the rear of Nos 48 and 50 Stonegate (4.8 km), South angle tower of Roman fortress (5.1 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church

Nether Poppleton medieval moated site, fishponds and earthworks around and associated with St Everilda's Church stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.