What is recorded here

Leconfield Castle stands as a moated site in the East Riding of Yorkshire, preserved as a scheduled monument rather than a functioning home. The water ditch still surrounds the grounds, creating a quiet boundary between the living land and the buried past. Anyone walking near the site must respect that line, for the castle keeps its own counsel beneath the grass.

The National Heritage List for England records Moated site of Leconfield Castle 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.

Leconfield Castle was built in the 13th century by the de Leconfield family, a prominent local landholding family in Yorkshire. It is remembered as an example of medieval moated castles in northern England and for its later association with the powerful Percy family during the Wars of the Roses.

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