Burstwick Hall Garth

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Burstwick Castle

In the civil parish of Burstwick.
In the historic county of Yorkshire East Riding (Modern Authority of East Riding of Yorkshire, 1974 county of Humberside).

Has been called site of fortified manor or possible castle. Described by Jean le Patourel as "Caput baronie of Albemarle fee, on slight rise. One of the most important royal manors in the north during the first half of C14. Buildings, largely of timber, included two chapels, hall, chambers, etc. Moat added to existing house in 1291." PastScape record reads "Medieval moat and fishponds surviving as earthworks. Site of C14 Burstwick manor house, recorded as standing in C18." A site of such significance will almost certainly had some fortifications.

This site has been described as a;
Fortified Manor House
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Cropmarks/slight earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA22052901

PastScape number; 81692

Books

Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p17-18
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge) p320
Le Patourel, H.E. Jean, 1973, The Moated Sites of Yorkshire (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series 5)
Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p903-5

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Burstwick Hall Garth

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA22052901

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