Hilda Elizabeth Jean Le Patourel FSA (19 August 1915 – 20 January 2011)[1] was a British archaeologist.

Building on this site-specific understanding of the pottery, Le Patourel searched for kilns which produced it, exploring documentary sources such as manorial accounts and taxation lists, and utilising place-name evidence.

[2] At the deserted medieval village of Wharram Percy, Le Patourel worked on the ceramics from there with archaeologist John Hurst.

[4] Le Patourel was also a founding member and the first chairman of the Medieval Section of the Yorkshire Archaeological Society.

[3] Alongside her work on medieval ceramics, Le Patourel became the world's leading expert on the archaeology of dog collars.

[1] Her work The Moated Sites of Yorkshire is still considered a starting point for their study and was described as an "admirable monograph" which shows what "can be obtained from the combination of historical and archaeological evidence from fieldwork, excavation and standing buildings".