The Gatehouse website record for Chapel Haddlesey Hall Garths

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

Medieval double moated site, now ploughed out. Excavation uncovered evidence of Roman and Anglo-Saxon occupation and a sequence of buildings on the site, commencing in C12. The earliest buildings were two timber structures, including a hall, dating from C12/early C13. The moats were constructed in C13 and the timber buildings were replaced by a stone-built manor house in the middle of the century. Alterations, including the construction of a kitchen, took place in the mid C14. The final phase dates to C15/early C16 when the manor house was rebuilt and remodelled and a gatehouse and bridge were added. Gwenda Blackwell tells me "It was excavated and leveled in 1968 but crop marks on Google still show the basic structure (pretty much like Castle Bolton). Artifacts included peacock bones (!) and were sent to Leeds Museum. The excavators called it Chapel Garth. There was evidence of three periods of occupation and a causeway across the River Aire." and also suggest an association with the nearby Templar Preceptory.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE588257

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 56177
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is MNY9969 and others 'grey' literature, such as watching brief reports, held by H.E.R.s is often poorly referenced and is unlikely to be recorded in this website.

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