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| Name: | Mount Ferrant: a motte and bailey castle |
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| NY SMR Number: | MNY2031 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Last edited: | 29/07/2009 14:31:31 |
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Protected Status
- Scheduled Monument 20527: Mount Ferrant: a motte and bailey castle
| Grid Reference: | SE 795 639 |
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| Parish: | 3015 Birdsall; Ryedale |
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Other References/Statuses
Full description
THIS OCCUPIED A STEEPLY SIDED NATURAL HEADLAND. SITE WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO BY A SLIGHT CROSS DITCH.IT WAS ORIGINALLY BUILT OF WOOD AND WHEN IT WAS RA ZED IN THE LATE 12TH CENTURY THE TIMBERS WENT TOTHE MONKS OF MEAUX ABBEY.
Form: Earthwork
Sources and further reading
| --- | SNY1 - Card Index: Ordnance Survey. various. Ordnance Survey Record Card. SE76SE2 |
| --- | SNY2 - Card Index: Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 1977 - 1980. Yorkshire Studies Card. SE76SE 10296 |
| <1> | SNY2132 - Monograph: 1912. Victoria County History Yorkshire. P4 |
| <2> | SNY1584 - Bibliographic reference: 1924. THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE. HOBSON B. P126 |
| <3> | SNY1199 - Bibliographic reference: 1976. THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPE. ALLISON K J. P87 |
| <4> | SNY2190 - Serial: Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 1912 - 1913. Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. P348 |
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