Croxdale, Low Butterby © Ryder, P 2004


Croxdale, Low Butterby © Ryder, P 2006


Croxdale, Low Butterby © Ryder, P 2004


Croxdale, Low Butterby © Ryder, P 2006


Croxdale, Low Butterby © Ryder, P 2006

This was once the site of a medieval manor within the grounds of Croxdale Hall, although the current house may have been built in the early 18th century. The site is surrounded by a dry moat, approximately 3 metres deep and 8 metres wide. The sides are lined with stone and brick and the southern arm has been infilled. The moated island is occupied by a farmhouse of 17th/early 18th century date, which incorporates some medieval masonry. The building has been converted to form two dwellings and an attached barn. The foundations of a late Elizabethan gatehouse project forwards from the main bridge over the moat. The medieval moat is visible as earthworks and cropmarks on aerial photographs. A small chapel was recorded here in the early 13th century, though nothing can be seen today. It may have lain in a field next door, where stone coffins were found in the 18th century. This is a Scheduled Ancient Monument protected by the law.