Lockington Coney Hill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Hall Garth; Moat Hill; Garthum

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

Medieval moated ringwork and bailey, and the remains of the manorial complex of Hall Garth. These remains consist of rectangular building platforms and fishponds enclosed by a moat and surviving as earthworks. A pillow mound may also be present. Camden records as "the rubbish of an old castle of Peter Mauly at Garthum. (rudera antiqui castri Petri de Malo Lacu sive Mauley ad Garthum)"

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE99824651

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 64212

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p57
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p521
Illingworth, J.L., 1938 (republished 1970), Yorkshire's Ruined Castles (Wakefield)
Armitage and Montgomerie, 1912, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Yorkshire Vol2 p33

Journal Articles

Ponsford, M.W. and Iles, R., 1982, ‘Locking, Locking Head. Motte and bailey' in Iles, R., ‘Avon Archaeology 1986' Bristol and Avon Archaeology Vol1 p53-5
King, D.J.C. and Alcock, L., 1969, 'Ringworks in England and Wales' Château Gaillard Vol3 p90-127

Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)

William Camden, 1607, Britannia [http://www.philological.bham.ac.uk/cambrit/yorkseng.html#yorks35]

Most of the sites or buildings recorded in this web site are NOT open to the public and permission to visit a site must always be sought from the landowner or tenant

The information on this web page may be derived from information compiled by and/or copyright of English Heritage and other individuals and organisations.

It is an offence to disturb a Scheduled Monument without consent. It is a destruction of everyone's heritage to remove archaeological evidence from any site without proper recording and reporting. Don't use metal detectors on historic sites without authorisation.

Please help me to make this as useful a resource as possible by contacting me if you see errors or if you can add information.
I do acknowledge the help I get with this site.

Go to Previous Record Go to Next Record Back to List
This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

¤¤¤¤¤