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Old Little Humber moated site

England

List entry 1008048

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1008048

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.63 hectares

Grid reference

TA 20613 23663

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Old Little Humber is a moated site located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises a rectangular moat enclosing a raised platform that once supported domestic structures, typical of medieval fortified homesteads. Dating to the medieval period, such moated sites were commonly established by minor nobility or prosperous landholders seeking to defend their residences and demesne lands. The site represents an important example of the dispersed settlement pattern and local fortification practices that characterised rural medieval England.

Old Little Humber moated site is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008048. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Old Little Humber moated site?

Old Little Humber is a moated site located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008048.

Who is responsible for protecting Old Little Humber moated site?

Old Little Humber moated site 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 1008048.

What other scheduled monuments are near Old Little Humber moated site?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including World War II decoys for Hull docks, 1580m south east, 600m west and 90m south west of Little Humber (1.6 km), Paull Holme moated site and tower (2.4 km), Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment (4.1 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

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

World War II decoys for Hull docks, 1580m south east, 600m west and 90m south west of Little Humber

1.6 km

Paull Holme moated site and tower

2.4 km

Paull Point Battery, coastal artillery battery and Submarine Mining Establishment

Stone Creek Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite, at Sunk Island Clough

5.8 km

Moated site at North Park Farm

7.5 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Old Little Humber moated site

Old Little Humber moated site stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Holme, Yorkshire →

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