More information : [SD 66009144] Hall Garth [T.I] (1)
A 'rectangular elevation' at Hallgarth was levelled in 1890 exposing building foundations, a masonry-lined well, a coin of Henry VII, plain red earthen ware sherds, etc., The clay in the hollow in front of the elevation suggested a moat. (2)
A bulldozer levelling in Hall Garth in 1957, cracked the covering slab of a well containing late Medieval pottery. A 14th century jug
base and other Medieval potsherds were among surface finds elsewhere in the field. (3)
Hall Garth has been levelled and is now used as a playing field. All trace of the former building platform has been destroyed but the recorded finds from the site are displayed in the Sedbergh School Museum. A pecked outline of a rectangular ditch shown on the OS 6" map of 1854 at SD 65999143, suggests the site of a moat. (4)
SD 660914. Unclassified moat, excavated in the 19th century and between 1955 and 1958. Perhaps Mowbray Manor. (5)
As described by Authority 3, this area is now a playing field and there are no surface traces. However, aerial photography has revealed marks of a rectangular enclosure (?), approximately 50m across, at SD 65989150 in the northern part of the field and further marks at SD 66069142 and to the E of the road at SD 66069148 - see SD 69 SE 93. (6)
The so-called manor house may be the invention of the Reverend William Thompson, a 19th century antiquary. Reference in several Compoti Rolls from 1372-1457 to a stonehouse at Millthrop might even be the Hall Garth. (7) |