Skipsea Brough Defences

Has been described as a Certain Urban Defence

There are earthwork remains

NameSkipsea Brough Defences
Alternative Names
Historic CountryYorkshire
Modern AuthorityEast Riding of Yorkshire
1974 AuthorityHumberside
Civil ParishSkipsea

Planted settlement known as Skipsea Brough is assumed to have been founded c. 1135, although first referred to between 1160 and 1175.

Gatehouse Comments

On the ridge to the SW, an enclosure formed by a massive bank and ditch but open on the side backing towards the motte and bailey, may be the site of Skipsea Brough. A cluster of houses outside the SE entrance bears the name Skipsea Brough today. The precise relationship with the nearby village of Skipsea is unclear. However while the village now seems close to the castle, making the foundation of a new town seem pointless, in the period when the castle was active much of the area was underwater, wholly or seasonally, in practice cutting the village off from the castle See Skipsea Castle

- Philip Davis

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Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceTA161547
Latitude53.9756813049316
Longitude-0.230030000209808
Eastings516100
Northings454700
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2013, Medieval Walled Towns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 157 (mention)
  • Creighton, O.H. and Higham, R.A., 2005, Medieval Town Walls (Stroud: Tempus) p. 217
  • Turner, Maurice, 2004, Yorkshire Castles: Exploring Historic Yorkshire (Otley: Westbury Publishing) p. 247
  • Kent, G.H.R., 2002, 'North division: Skipsea' VCH Yorkshire: East Riding Vol. 7 online transcription
  • Salter, Mike, 2001, The Castles and Tower Houses of Yorkshire (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 93
  • Bond, C.J., 1987, 'Anglo-Saxon and Medieval Defences' in Schofield, J. and Leech, R. (eds) Urban Archaeology in Britain (CBA Research Report 61) p. 92-116 online copy
  • Beresford, Maurice, 1967, New towns of the Middle Ages: town plantation in England, Wales and Gascony (London: Lutterworth Press) p. 514-5
  • Poulson, G., 1840, The History and Antiquities of the Seigniory of Holderness Vol. 1 p. 445 online copy

Journals

  • Creighton, Oliver, 2006, ''Castles of Communities': Medieval Town Defences in England; Wales and Gascony' Château Gaillard Vol. 22 p. 75-86
  • Bond J., 2001, 'Earthen Castles, Outer Enclosures and the Earthworks at Ascott d'Oilly Castle, Oxfordshire' Oxoniensia Vol. 46 p. 65-6 (Appendix: Norman earthwork castles with failed towns in outer enclosures) online copy
  • Butler, R., 1984, 'Skipsea Brough' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 141 p. 45-6

Other

  • Creighton, O.H., 1998, Castles and Landscapes: An Archaeological Survey of Yorkshire and the East Midlands (PhD Thesis University of Leicester) p. 310-15 online copy