2014/07/03 by Shaun Richardson, E. Patricia Dennison · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · #Historical Architecture and Urbanism #Historical Art and Culture Studies #Scottish History and National Identity
paper · doi:10.1080/01433768.2014.981392
openalex publication_date 2014/07/03 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29
Ravensworth Castle in North Yorkshire is a well-known and frequently cited example of a late medieval designed landscape; indeed, with its enclosed gardens, mere, moats and terraces, it has been described as displaying what appears to be a typical or classic medieval arrangement. As a result of a new measured survey to the north of the castle complex, two separate phases of medieval garden development have been recognised. The recognition of this phased development, more frequently recorded in sixteenth-to eighteenth-century gardens, and, equally importantly, a consideration of what little remains of the castle itself, raises questions as to what extent the gardens were either ‘typical’ or ‘classic’.