Cropton, T'Hall Garth

In the civil parish of Cropton.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

The remains of a motte and bailey castle, mentioned in 1334, but ruinous by 1349. Within the bailey are foundations of domestic buildings and a great hall of circa 1290 -95. The motte is 20ft high and 50yds in diameter with a triangular bailey covering some three acres. There is also a medieval trackway and a pond.

This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Masonry 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 SE75448930

PastScape number; 59958

Books

Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p34
Jackson, M.J., 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire (Carlise) p17-8 [plan]
Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p18
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p301 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p516
Pevsner, N., 1966. The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, North Riding (London) p133
Illingworth, J.L., 1938 (republished 1970), Yorkshire's Ruined Castles (Wakefield) p126-7
Page, Wm (ed), 1923, VCH York, North Riding Vol2 p454-7
Armitage and Montgomerie, 1912, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH York Vol2 p30
Whellan T, 1859, History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire Vol2p 911
Young, G., 1817, History of Whitby and the Vicinity Vol2 p687-8

Journal Articles

I'Anson, W.M., 1913, 'The castles of the North Riding' Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol22 p334-5

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Cropton, T'Hall Garth

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE75448930

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