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Turtle Hill, Harpham Moor

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Kelk

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

Mound at Turtle Hill destroyed by bulldozing (in the 1970s) may have been a motte. Turtle Hill is the name of a farm at this location but I can see no mound marked on the 1854 OS map. This site is somewhat apart from village settlement, the local place name Danes Graves Wood might suggest an alternative origin for the mound rather more plausible in my personal view.
This site has been described as a;
Timber Castle.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible. Nothing visible remains.
The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is TA114604

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

Air Photo from multimap logo

1st edition OS Map from old maps logo

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape Defra ELS number; 1390966

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