Keld Tute Hill
Has been described as a Possible Timber Castle (Motte)
There are cropmark/slight earthwork remains
Name | Keld Tute Hill |
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Historic Country | Yorkshire |
Modern Authority | North Yorkshire |
1974 Authority | North Yorkshire |
Civil Parish | Muker |
Site of a possible motte consisting of a 20m square top promontory, with a shallow ditch up to 12m wide. It is currently overlain by a modern enclosure. The 1857 Ordnance Survey records the Site of Tute Hill here, and nearby at NY 8927 0107 a building known as 'Starling (?) Castle' is recorded. This site is also in the centre of the medieval settlement of Keld and on an important junction in the transport infrastructure of the Yorkshire Wolds. (PastScape)
"Keld, Kisdon. North bank, south-west of limestone cliff, south of enclosure on hillcrest, with drystone enclosure on site, 20m square top promontory, with shallow ditch evident round north and north-north-east. South-west corner built up to within 1.5m of top and other indications of enclosing bank. Medieval?".
Site listed as a possible medieval motte with the ditch up to 12m wide. A modern enclosure occupies the site. (Yorkshire Dales National Park Authority)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid Reference | NY893011 |
Latitude | 54.4057884216309 |
Longitude | -2.166179895401 |
Eastings | 389300 |
Northings | 501100 |