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Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk

England
List entry 1005202
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005202
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
10.61 hectares
Grid reference
TA 09745 60202, TA 09515 60073
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk, is a scheduled monument representing the remains of a medieval nunnery in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The site comprises earthwork vestiges including banks and ditches that delineate the former monastic enclosure and associated features of the religious community that occupied the location. The monument dates to the medieval period, reflecting the establishment and occupation of this daughter house or independent convent within the Yorkshire landscape. The surviving earthworks provide archaeological evidence of the layout and extent of the priory structures, though the site now exists largely as upstanding banks and ditches that continue to inform understanding of medieval monastic organisation in northern England.

Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005202. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk?

Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk, is a scheduled monument representing the remains of a medieval nunnery in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005202.

Who is responsible for protecting Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk?

Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk 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 1005202.

What other scheduled monuments are near Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church (1.6 km), St Martin's collegiate church and medieval standing cross, Lowthorpe (1.8 km), Bowl barrow on Fox Hill (2.5 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
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Historical Maps
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval hall and settlement remains immediately west of St John's Church
1.6 km
St Martin's collegiate church and medieval standing cross, Lowthorpe
1.8 km
Bowl barrow on Fox Hill
2.5 km
Burton Agnes 12th-century manor house
3.2 km
Bowl barrow in Lady Boynton's Whin
3.3 km
Romano-British villa east of Sandy Lane, 800m north west of Harpham Grange
3.4 km
Nether Hall moated site and fishpond
3.8 km
Wharram Hill embankment cross
3.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk

Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Nunnery Hill and adjacent earthworks, Little Kelk

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~15.9 miles
Domesday entry for Kelk, Yorkshire →
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