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Thornhill Hall moat is an ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure associated with a substantial medieval or early post-medieval residence. The site retains physical evidence of formal gardens and a bowling green, landscape features typical of gentry houses from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries onwards. Adjacent to the hall complex are remnants of the pre-seventeenth century open-field agricultural system that would have surrounded the settlement, preserving evidence of the wider medieval and early modern land use patterns of the area. Together, these features document the evolution of a significant local estate from its medieval origins through the development of its landscape in the early modern period.
Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009930. View the official record →
Thornhill Hall moat is an ancient monument in Yorkshire comprising the earthwork remains of a moated enclosure associated with a substantial medieval or early post-medieval residence. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009930.
Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system 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 1009930.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shaft head and associated headgear near Caphouse Colliery, Overton (2.5 km), New Hall moat and fishpond (3 km), Castle Hall Hill motte and bailey castle (4.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Thornhill Hall moat and sites of formal gardens and bowling green, and remnant of pre-seventeenth century open-field system stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.