Sherburn in Elmet Castle Hill

In the civil parish of Sherburn in Elmet. In the historic county of Yorkshire West Riding (Modern Authority of North Yorkshire, 1974 county of North Yorkshire).

Embanked enclosure measuring 47m by 25m seen on aerial photographs of 1967. Suggested on the basis of documentary sources to be the possible site of a medieval castle. There is no archaeological evidence to assign this monument to a particular period. (PastScape)
On the 1850 OS map this mound has unusual elongated D shape. The nearby manorial moated site of Rest Park was excavated in 1963, by D Davidson, and this site is identified as a ploughed out motte in Le Patourel. The full discussion in the PastScape record suggests either a burnt out site of some sort from before the C13 or spoil from later soil drainage works. To damaged to be scheduled or properly interpreted.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SE53073332

Air Photo from Air Photo and general mapping	1st edition OS Map from Mid to late 19th century maps
Modern Map from Landscape form and features	Modern Map from General location and route planning
Geograph British Isles occasionally has photos of the site and will usually give an idea of the surrounding landscape.

Sources of information, references and further reading

This site's English Heritage (PastScape) Defra or Monument number is 56340
This site's County Historic Environment Record (formerly Sites and Monuments Record) number is MNY10315 '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.

• Books
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol2 p532 [possible]
    Le Patourel, H.E. Jean, 1973, The Moated Sites of Yorkshire (The Society for Medieval Archaeology Monograph Series 5)
• Journal Articles
  • Thompson, A. Hamilton, 1932, Yorkshire Archaeological Society Record Series Vol83 p206