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St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm

England
List entry 1017457
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017457
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.37 hectares
Grid reference
SE 57858 41817
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

St Andrew's College and moat is a medieval secular site located north east of College Farm in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises a moated enclosure which represents a form of domestic settlement characteristic of the medieval period. The moat survives as an earthwork feature, indicating the presence of a substantial residence or administrative building of medieval date. Such moated sites were common among the gentry and minor nobility during the twelfth to sixteenth centuries and served both defensive and status-defining functions within the medieval landscape.

St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017457. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm?

St Andrew's College and moat is a medieval secular site located north east of College Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017457.

Who is responsible for protecting St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm?

St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm 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 1017457.

What other scheduled monuments are near St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Brocket Hall moated site (2.2 km), Mote Hill: a moated site, two fishponds and part of an adjacent field system 500m west of Nun Appleton Hall (3.4 km), Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church (3.7 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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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Brocket Hall moated site
2.2 km
Mote Hill: a moated site, two fishponds and part of an adjacent field system 500m west of Nun Appleton Hall
3.4 km
Kelfield moated site and fishpond, 180m north of Kelfield Church
3.7 km
Cawood Castle and Castle Garth: residence of the medieval Archbishops of York and associated enclosure containing gardens, five fishponds and a quarry pit
4.2 km
Kensbury moated site, fishpond and fragment of a medieval field system
4.4 km
Tithe barn
4.7 km
Steeton medieval village, moated site and fishponds
4.9 km
York prebendary manor moated site, 300m north west of Hawthorn Farm
5.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm

St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around St Andrew's College and moat, 440m north east of College Farm

YorkRoman town · ~6.4 milesAldboroughRoman town · ~18.6 milesBattle of Towton, 1461Battle (1461) · ~6.5 milesBattle of Marston Moor 1644Battle (1644) · ~8.9 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~12 milesBattle of Myton 1319Battle (1319) · ~18.2 miles
Domesday entry for Acaster, Yorkshire →
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