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| Name: | Yate Court Moated Manor House Limekiln Road Wickwar |
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| SGHER Number: | 2062 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Grid Reference: | ST 7120 8600 |
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| Map Sheet: | ST78NW |
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| Parish: | Wickwar, S Gloucestershire |
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Monument Types
- FORTIFIED MANOR HOUSE (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
Yate Court is a ruin within a moat. Gateway. Fortified 1299, destroyed about 1646. {1} Fine moat with counterscarp. There is a detailed description of it and its associated works as they were in 1548. The surrounding park contained a millpool, corn mill, rabbit warren and dovecote. {2} The occupation and subsequent destruction of this site in the Civil War was first reported in a guide to a the site undertaken in 1898. The origin of the statement is not included however. {4} Ruin now has breeze block shed built against it. Earthworks outside the moat include a pillow mound. Part of moat water filled {7} Brief description {8}
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Card Index: OSAD. 1962. OS Record Card ST78NW2. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: BARG. 1969. Guide to Medieval Sites in the South West. |
| <3> | Bibliographic reference: Fox F. 1898. The Description of the Manor Place of Yate. TBGAS 20 22-4 |
| <4> | Bibliographic reference: Excursion. 1898. Excursion to Iron Acton, Yate Court, Horton and Little Sodbury. TBGAS 20 2-21 |
| <5> | Bibliographic reference: Johnson L J R. 1971. The History of Yate. |
| <6> | Bibliographic reference: Jones P. 1978. Parish Survey Yate. |
| <7> | Bibliographic reference: Stacey M. 1981. Site Visit (Stacey M) 1981. |
| <8> | Bibliographic reference: Salter M. 2002. The Castles of Gloucestershire and Bristol. 39 |
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