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Name:Rampart, Topcliffe
NY SMR Number:MNY10
Type of record:Monument
Last edited:Feb 29 2016 3:38PM

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument 20530/01: Maiden Bower and Cock Lodge: a motte and bailey castle, moated site, windmill mound and associated linear outwork
Grid Reference:SE 407 751
Parish:Topcliffe [2163]; Hambleton

Monument Type(s):

  • RAMPART (Roman to 15tH CENTURY - 43 AD to 1499 AD)

Other References/Statuses

  • Old Sites & Monuments Record Number: 6.03

Full description

COCK LODGE SITS ON A SPUR WHICH HAS BEEN CUT THROUGH ON THE NW AND SE FORMING TWO DITCHES EACH WITHAN INNER BANK. ON E AND W SIDES NATURAL SLOPES HAV E BEEN EMPHASISED BY SCARPING AND ADDITION OF ARAMPART THOUGH THERE IS NO DITCH. THERE ARE SEVERAL MODERN BREAKS AND CAUSEWAYED ENTRANCE ON N SIDE.
Form: Earthwork (05/1974)

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