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Kirkby Fleetham Castle
Also known as, or recorded in historical
documents as; Fletham; Hall Garth
In the civil parish of Kirkby Fleetham With Fencote.
In the historic county of Yorkshire North Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).
Site of moated manor house, built in about 1314, when granted licence to crenellate, to Sir Henry Le Scrope, on the site of an earlier motte and bailey castle. Earthworks and some walling are still visible on the site. The motte is roughly square, with a level top which retains traces of building remains in its southern half. A steep-sided moat surrounded the motte. The bailey lies to the south east and contains a number of earthworks which are believed to represent the remains of buildings and other features. A depression to the east of the bailey is interpreted as the silted remains of a fishpond. Further earthworks, north of this depression, mark the sites of three tofts, part of the medieval settlement of Fleetham. Is this square motte actually a more conventional small circular motte recut into the fashionable square shape in the C14?
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle
Fortified Manor House.
The confidence
that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Earthworks remains.
A Royal licence
to crenellate was
granted in 1314 Sept 20.
This site is a scheduled
monument protected by law.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE28479428
PastScape number;
52355
Books
- Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p52
Jackson, M.J., 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire (Carlise) p35-6
Emery, Anthony, 1996, Greater Medieval Houses Vol1 (Cambridge)
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p301 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p519
Pevsner, N., 1966. The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, North Riding (London) p214 [slight]
Page, Wm (ed), 1914, VCH York, North Riding Vol1 p320-1
Turner, T.H. and Parker, J.H., 1859, Some account of Domestic Architecture in England (Oxford) Vol3 pt2 p407
Journal Articles
- Butler, Lawrence, 1992, 'The Origins of the Honour of Richmond and its Castles' Chateau-Gallard Vol16 p69-80 [Reprinted in Liddiard, Robert, (ed), 2003, Anglo-Norman Castles (Woodbridge: Boydell Press)]
1972, Château Gaillard Vol5 p107
I'Anson, W.M., 1927, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol29 p17
1884, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol8 p99
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents
- This section is far from complete and the secondary
sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1313-17) p175
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