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Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth

England
List entry 1021241
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021241
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.25 hectares
Grid reference
TA 28398 35622
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth is a medieval monument consisting of two separate moated enclosures located in North Yorkshire. The sites represent typical examples of medieval manorial or domestic settlement, with the moated platforms serving defensive and status-indicating functions characteristic of the 12th to 16th centuries. The associated features visible as earthworks include the water-filled or silted moats defining the enclosures, together with banks and ditches that formed integral parts of the medieval landscape organisation. Such paired moated sites in this region reflect the pattern of medieval landholding and settlement dispersal across the Yorkshire countryside.

Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021241. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth?

Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth is a medieval monument consisting of two separate moated enclosures located in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021241.

Who is responsible for protecting Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth?

Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth 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 1021241.

What other scheduled monuments are near Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shaw Fosse moated site (5.6 km), Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds (6.1 km), Bewick Hall moated site (6.3 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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Shaw Fosse moated site
5.6 km
Roos Castle moated site and associated fishponds
6.1 km
Bewick Hall moated site
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth

Two moated sites and associated features 520m north of Grimston Garth stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

Domesday entry for Garton, Yorkshire →
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