Mickle Howe, Ebberston

Has been described as a Rejected Timber Castle (Motte)

There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains

NameMickle Howe, Ebberston
Alternative Names
Historic CountryYorkshire
Modern AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
1974 AuthorityNorth Yorkshire
Civil ParishEbberston and Yedingham

Clark, in his list of moated mounds or burhs, records Mickle Howe.

Gatehouse Comments

This is/was a barrow now almost ploughed out. Not far from Ebbeston Hall and parish church but clearly no medieval use and never a castle motte.

- Philip Davis

Not scheduled

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSE898839
Latitude54.2431983947754
Longitude-0.622560024261475
Eastings489870
Northings483940
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Journals

  • Clark, G.T., 1889, 'Contribution towards a complete list of moated mounds or burhs' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 46 p. 197-217 esp. 215 online copy