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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: | Oct 22 2012 9:19AM |
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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: | Birdsall [3015]; Ryedale |
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Monument Type(s):
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
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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