More information : (TA 29052947) site of Castle and Moat (NAT) (1)
(Rectangular foundations in centre of moat. Appears to be no more than a small moated house or manor).
Castle (site of). (2)
Condition of moat not very good. Slopes 3 to 4 feet high. Marshy and overgrown, not water-filled. (3)
Published Survey revised (1:2500) (4)
TA 2904 2945. Roos Castle moated site & associated fishponds.
Scheduled RSM No 21197. A sub-rectangular central island surrounded by a single moat and two fishponds: one within the moat, one external to it. The island is 100m x 70m with an internal bank along its N edge 1m high and 5m wide. A fishpond 15m x 7m x 1.5m extends into the island on its E edge. The fishpond opens into the moat at its E end. Past stock poaching on the island has uncovered structural remains. The N arm of the moat remains waterlogged. It is 45m x 12m x 3m deep and has been remodelled and retained as a pond. The NE and NW corners of the moat are infilled, isolating the N arm and creating the pond. The S, W and E arms are 15m wide by 1.5m to 1.75m deep. The SW corner has been partially infilled. An earthen bank 1m high and 7m wide lies outside the W arm, enclosing the fishpond to the S of the moat, which is 40m x 15m x 0.3m deep. The moat was the ancestral home of the Roos family, who built Helmsley Castle. (5)
Recorded as possible castle. (6, 7) |