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Name:Mount Ferrant: a motte and bailey castle
NY SMR Number:MNY2031
Type of record:Monument
Last edited:Oct 22 2012 9:19AM

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument () 20527: Mount Ferrant: a motte and bailey castle
Grid Reference:SE 795 639
Parish:Birdsall [3015]; Ryedale

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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


Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1977 - 1980, Yorkshire Studies Card, SE76SE 10296 (Card Index). SNY2.


Ordnance Survey, Various, Ordnance Survey Record Card, SE76SE2 (Card Index). SNY1.


<1> 1912, Victoria County History Yorkshire Vol 2, P4 (Monograph). SNY2132.


<2> 1924, THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE, P126 (Bibliographic reference). SNY1584.


<3> 1976, THE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE LANDSCAPE, P87 (Bibliographic reference). SNY1199.


<4> Yorkshire Archaeological Society, 1912 - 1913, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, P348 (Serial). SNY2190.

Sources and further reading

---SNY1 - Card Index: Ordnance Survey. Various. Ordnance Survey Record Card. Various authors. SE76SE2.
---SNY2 - Card Index: Yorkshire Archaeological Society. 1977 - 1980. Yorkshire Studies Card. SE76SE 10296.
<1>SNY2132 - Monograph: 1912. Victoria County History Yorkshire Vol 2. 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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