NHER 60091 (Monument record) - Site of Ryburgh Hall and medieval earthworks

Site of Ryburgh Hall.
Moated hall site within field centred at [1]. Extends into field to north (see RAF APs).
According to D. Yaxley this was the site of a monastic manor house; at the Dissolution a new house was built to the north, completed in 1545; pulled down c. 1870.
Drawing of heraldry in hall windows in T. Martin's Church Notes 1758 (S1).
Information from (S2), (S3) and file notes.
Previously recorded under NHER 7154, which now details only the finds recovered from this area.
Amended by P. Watkins (HES), 2 July 2014.

Winter 1975-Summer 1976. Field Survey.
Survey of earthworks by D. Yaxley and N. Virgoe (NARG).
The plan of the mid 16th-century house was visible as a parch mark during the dry summer of 1976.
See plans in secondary file.
See NHER 7154 for details of finds recovered.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 July 2014.

June 2001.
Earthworks under recently cut grass showing good profile.
Fishpond masked in places by scrub and more mature trees.
Site grazed by horses. Sheep may be introduced.
Owners may apply for an Environmentally Sensitive Area scheme next year.
H. Paterson (A & E), 20 June 2001.

July 2001.
Visited to examine proposed site of tennis court. This is in southeast corner of site away from the presumed earthworks of hall and moat.
Earthworks in good condition, grazed by horses, sheep to be introduced.
H. Patterson (A&E), 12 July 2001.

July 2001. Watching Brief.
Watching Brief by NAU during construction of tennis court.
An east-to-west aligned earthwork bank, capped with a thin layer of mortar fragments, extended westwards into the the area of the tennis court, petering out some 3m from its eastern edge.
No other archaeologically significant features observed.
See report (S4) for further details. The results of this work are also summarised in (S5). See NHER 7154 for information on unstratified finds recovered.
P. Watkins (HES), 2 July 2014.