The Gatehouse website record for Moor Monkton Rede House

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Ughtred Manor; Monkton on the Moor; Red House; Monketon super moram

In the civil parish of Moor Monkton. In the historic county of Yorkshire Ainsty & York (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

Earthworks of a moated site situated to the north west of Red House. The moated house was documented in 1342 when a licence to crenellate Rede House was granted. The earthworks comprise a rectangular central platform measuring 50m by 28m, enclosed by a moat on all except the southwest side. The moat has a flat bottomed profile and survives up to 4m wide at the base and has a maximum width of 20m at the top. It has a maximum depth of 2.5m. Excavations on the platform have recovered pottery dating to C15 and C16. The site was abandoned by the early C17 when the present Red House was constructed. Licence to crenellate was granted to Thomas Ughtred in 1342.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE52915715

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 56578
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is MNY17952 '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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