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| Name: | Crayke Castle : a motte and bailey |
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| NY SMR Number: | MNY1823 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Last edited: | Jan 30 2024 3:27PM |
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Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument () 12602: Crayke Castle: a motte and bailey and later stone castle of the bishops of Durham incorporating part of an Anglo-Saxon monastic cemetery
- Conservation Area 44000506: Crayke
| Grid Reference: | SE 559 706 |
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| Parish: | Crayke [2034]; Hambleton |
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Monument Type(s):
Other References/Statuses
- AMIE Reference / HOB UID: 56925 CRAYKE CASTLE
- National Monuments Record: SE57SE15
- Old Sites & Monuments Record Number: 1081.17
Full description
THIS WAS ESTABLISHED EITHER BY RANULPH FLAMBARD OR BISHOP PUDSEY. I'ANSON NOTED THAT TRACES OF THEORIGINAL MOTTE & BAILEY CASTLE WERE VISIBLE AT THE BEGINNING OF THE 20TH CENTURY. Form: Site of, Earthwork (1)
A leaflet was produced on the Church and Castle in 1946. Traces can still be seen of a motte and bailey castle but there is no record of any castle building until the end of the 11th century or beginning of the twelfth. (2)
<1> Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 1913, CASTLES OF THE NORTH RIDING, p 343 (Article). SNY1613.
<2> Crayke Rectory, 1946, St Cuthberts Church Crayke, also on Crayke Castle and other buildings in Crayke (Leaflet). SNY24594.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | SNY1613 - Article: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 1913. CASTLES OF THE NORTH RIDING. I'ANSON W M. Photocopy. p 343. |
| <2> | SNY24594 - Leaflet: Crayke Rectory. 1946. St Cuthberts Church Crayke, also on Crayke Castle and other buildings in Crayke. Catton, C E. digital. 2023/07/25. |
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