It is the remains of the residence of Shigetada HATAKEYAMA, known as a dominant gokenin (an immediate vassal of the shogunate in the Kamakura, Muromachi and Edo periods） in the Kamakura bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
鎌倉幕府の有力御家人として知られる畠山重忠の館跡である。