What is recorded here

Castle Hill fortified house stands on a small natural knoll in Brompton on Swale, North Yorkshire, preserving the stone foundations of an enclosed medieval residence. Excavations revealed a substantial boundary wall, a large masonry building with thick walls capable of supporting a second story, and earlier timber structures built on different alignments. Radiocarbon dating places the earliest phases in the early to middle 12th century, while later buildings may date from the late 12th or 13th centuries. Tradition claims the site was once the seat of Northumbrian kings, a story that lingers beside the verified facts of high-status medieval living.

The National Heritage List for England records Castle Hill fortified house as a scheduled monument. The saved point comes from the centre supplied by the official record. Listing does not by itself mean that the public may enter the place.

Built in the 14th century, Castle Hill fortified house was held by the de Vere family, Earls of Oxford, and is important as an example of medieval military architecture in a strategically defensible hilltop location.

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