MONUMENT NO. 57980

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Site of a medieval fortified manor house, traditionally the site of a 'castle', located on a natural spur to the west of the River Derwent . The natural defences on three sides are enhanced by a broad moat ditch on the western side. There are no traces of the manor house, mentioned in documentary sources in 1320. The present farmhouse is modern.

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[SE 69183738]. North Duffield Hall on site of [NAT]
Duffield Castle [NR]. (1)

At North Duffield was a castle, the mound and ditches remaining. It was the residence of Lord Hussey who was executed [in 1537] for participating in the rebellion, but the date of its destruction is unknown. (2)

The site lies on a slight spur with natural defences on the E, S and N sides afforded by the flood plain of the River Derwent and two re-entrants from it. On the W side are the remains of a broad ditch
which would originally complete the defences by crossing the spur. Slight scarping of the natural slopes on the E side has also taken place. No trace of the 'castle' remains, and the present farmhouse is modern. Published survey (25") revised. (3)

The medieval manor house of the Salvains, mentioned in 1320, presumably stood on the site now occupied by a farmhouse known as North Duffield Hall which still has prominent earthworks around it. This is traditionally the site of a 'castle' (a), presumably the fortified manor-house. (4)

SE 692373. Moated site at North Duffield. Reused ashlar in present house. (5)

Listed as a possible castle by Cathcart King. (6)

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( 1) Ordnance Survey Map (Scale / Date)

OS 25" 1909

( 2) General reference

Hist Yorks vol 2 1831 358 (Whitback)

( 3) Field Investigators Comments

F1 DS 06-MAR-72

( 4a) by J J Sheahan and T Whellan 1855 History and topography of the city of York, the Ainsty Wapentake and the East Riding of Yorkshire. Volume 1

Hist York & ER Yorks 2 1856 629 (J J Sheahan & T Whellan) Page(s)629

( 4) edited by K.J. Allison 1976 A history of the county of York, East Riding. Volume 3

The Victoria history of the counties of England VCH Yorks ER 3 1976 95 Page(s)95

( 5) by H E Jean Le Patourel 1973 The moated sites of Yorkshire

The Society for Medieval Archaeology monograph series1 (1966) - Md Arch Mono 5 1973 - Moated sites of Yorks 111 (H E J le Patourel) no.5 Page(s)111

(6) David J Cathcart King 1983 Castellarium anglicanum : an index and bibliography of the castles in England, Wales and the Islands. Volume II : Norfolk-Yorkshire and the islands

Page(s)531

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