Pickhill Money Hill

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Picks Hill

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

The remains of a C12 motte and bailey castle built during the reign of Henry I. It has been cut through by the railway. The surviving motte. squarish in shape, is about 105 to 130ft east to west and about 110ft north to south and some 13ft high. It is surrounded by a moat some 60ft wide. The mutilated bailey lies to the west. 'Excavated' in 1851 in search of treasure.

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 SE34588375

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 53913

Books

Jackson, M.J., 2001, Castles of North Yorkshire (Carlise) p59 [paln]
Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern) p71
Ingham, Bernard, 2001, Bernard Ingham's Yorkshire Castles (Dalesman) p21
Pettifer, A., 1995, English Castles, A guide by counties (Woodbridge) p301 [slight]
King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p523
Renn, D. F., 1973 (2edn), Norman Castles of Britain (John Baker) p356
Pevsner, N., 1966. The Buildings of England: Yorkshire, North Riding (London) p286
Armitage and Montgomerie, 1912, in Page, Wm (ed), VCH Yorkshire Vol2 p45
Harvey, Alfred, 1911, Castles and Walled Towns of England (Methuen and Co)
Whellan T, 1859, History and Topography of the City of York and the North Riding of Yorkshire Vol2 p554

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)]
1975, Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol47 p11
I'Anson, W.M., 1913, 'The castles of the North Riding' Yorkshire Archaeological Journal Vol22 p372-4 [plan]

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