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Ravensworth motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification located in North Yorkshire, dating to the twelfth century and representing a significant example of early medieval military architecture in the region. The monument comprises an earthen motte with an adjoining bailey, characteristic of the rapid castle-building programme that followed the Norman Conquest, and is accompanied by water defence features including a moat system that exploited the local topography for fortification. The site is situated within a scheduled landscape that includes a park pale, the boundary earthwork of a medieval deer park, and the earthworks of a shrunken medieval village, indicating the settlement's evolution and the progressive transformation of the landscape during the medieval period. Together these features constitute an important complex demonstrating the relationship between lordly power, agricultural management, and settlement patterns in medieval Yorkshire.
Ravensworth motte and bailey castle, water defence features, park pale and shrunken medieval village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013087. View the official record →
Ravensworth motte and bailey castle is a Norman fortification located in North Yorkshire, dating to the twelfth century and representing a significant example of early medieval military architecture in the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013087.
Ravensworth motte and bailey castle, water defence features, park pale and shrunken medieval village 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 1013087.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Franciscan friary (7.1 km), The Bar, a surviving gateway originally part of Richmond’s medieval town wall (7.4 km), Richmond Castle: eleventh to fourteenth century enclosure castle (7.5 km).
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