More information : [Area SE 799553] Hall Garth [T.I.]
Site of [T.I.] Archbishop's Palace [LB]
Moat [L.B.] Fish Ponds [L.B.] (1)
The site is believed to mark the palace of Archbishop Neville who
resided here in the reign of Edward IV. His arms appear on one of
the church windows. (2)
A moated enclosure, now dry, with fish ponds to the South-east. All
are in good condition. Within the enclosure the ground is hummocky, and the overgrown remains of two rectangular buildings are the only identifiable features. Published survey (25") revised. (3)
Suggestion of gatehouse at South-West corner and gap in North moat. Another large enclosure to South. (4)
SE 8006 5537. Site of Archbishop's moated palace and fishponds, Hall
Garth. Scheduled RSM No 21054. The moated island measures 180m SW-NE
by 90m SE-NW, and is enclosed by a moat 3m wide and 3m deep with an
outer bank 2m wide surviving to a maximum height of 1m. A stream
runs into and through the SE arm of the moat, which is otherwise now
dry. Two large fishponds are incorporated into the moat, one located
to the S of the SE arm measures 50m by 5m. The other, at the E corner
of the monument, measures 40m by 35m. The interior of the moated
island exhibits a series of upstanding earthworks marking the
position of former buildings. These include remains of building
platforms to the E of the site and, at the W corner of the site, a
large circular tower. The moat was crossed on its NW side, where
remains of a gatehouse have been identified. There are remains of
a building platform and a further earthwork outside the moat to the
S; these are considered to be integral to the monument. The site is
thought to have bben built for Archbishop Neville during the reign of
Edward IV, though the manor itself had been in the hands of the See
of York since the reign of the Saxon king Athelstan and it is
therefore likely that the present remains overlie earlier features.
(5)
Aerial photographs show up the outline of buildings clearly on the interior of the moated enclosure, and the associated fishponds. Two other possible fishponds, much smaller, can be identified on the lower slope to the south-east, at SE 8130 5522 and SE 8030 5522.
Traces of ridge and furrow cultivation survive to the north of Hall Garth and the village (area SE 798 555). (6) |