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Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds

England
List entry 1008046
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1008046
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.74 hectares
Grid reference
TA 29043 29475
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds is a medieval defensive residence located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises an earthwork moated enclosure together with the remains of fishponds, reflecting the typical settlement pattern of medieval gentry landholding in northern England. The moated homestead dates to the medieval period and represents the type of fortified domestic site common amongst minor nobility and landholding classes during the later medieval centuries. The fishponds indicate the medieval management of the estate for both sustenance and status, as such features were characteristic of prosperous medieval rural settlements.

Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008046. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds?

Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds is a medieval defensive residence located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008046.

Who is responsible for protecting Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds?

Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds 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 1008046.

What other scheduled monuments are near Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Winestead Manor moated site (5.8 km), Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth (6.1 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
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Winestead Manor moated site
5.8 km
Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth
6.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds

Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Tunstall, Yorkshire →
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