Scheduled MonumentsEnglandPinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens

Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens

England
List entry 1013215
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1013215
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.97 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 57679 14018
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post-medieval gardens is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire, England, comprising the remains of a moated enclosure and associated garden features. The moated site dates to the medieval period and represents a defensive or high-status residential complex, whilst the post-medieval gardens indicate continued occupation and development of the estate into later centuries. The monument preserves evidence of the settlement's layout and the changing use of the landscape around the hall over several centuries. Such moated sites are characteristic features of medieval Yorkshire gentry estates and provide important archaeological evidence for understanding domestic and agricultural organisation in the region.

Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013215. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens?

Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post-medieval gardens is a scheduled ancient monument located in Yorkshire, England, comprising the remains of a moated enclosure and associated garden features.

Who is responsible for protecting Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens?

Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens 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 1013215.

What other scheduled monuments are near Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ayton Banks alum works (3.4 km), Kildale Hall Garth: a medieval manor house complex west of St Cuthbert's Church (5.1 km), Easby castle motte (5.6 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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens

Pinchinthorpe Hall moated site and post medieval gardens stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.