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Name:Middleham Castle: 12th century tower keep castle and 14th century concentric castle
NY SMR Number:MNY20476
Type of record:Monument
Last edited:Apr 21 2008 9:29AM

Protected Status

  • Scheduled Monument () 13276: Middleham Castle: twelfth century tower keep castle and fourteenth century concentric castle
  • Conservation Area: Middleham Conservation Area
Grid Reference:SE 126 876
Parish:Middleham [1080]; Richmondshire; YDNP

Monument Type(s):

Other References/Statuses

    Full description

    Motte and bailey castle of Norman derivation. Surrounded by a ditch twenty feet wide. May have contained dwellings.[3]


    <1> University of York, 2003, DISSERTATION: Yorkshire courtyard castles and social identities c 1360 - 1420: ambitions and anxieties (Manuscript). SNY8413.


    <2> 2003, Middleham - SMR (Manuscript). SNY8438.


    <3> Yorkshire Archaeological Journal, 1913, CASTLES OF THE NORTH RIDING, p 363 - 365 (Article). SNY1613.

    Sources and further reading

    <1>SNY8413 - Manuscript: University of York. 2003. DISSERTATION: Yorkshire courtyard castles and social identities c 1360 - 1420: ambitions and anxieties. Humble, E.
    <2>SNY8438 - Manuscript: 2003. Middleham - SMR. Humble, L.
    <3>SNY1613 - Article: Yorkshire Archaeological Journal. 1913. CASTLES OF THE NORTH RIDING. I'ANSON W M. Photocopy. p 363 - 365.

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