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Sep 28
Sutton Common, Doncaster, South Yorkshire
Sutton Common – Doncaster Sutton Common is an early Iron Age fort/enclosure site just north of Doncaster, A key feature of this “marsh fort” is that it seems to use the surrounding marsh land as part of its defence – a twist on the more common hill fort. A further point of interest is the …
Sep 27
Thornborough Henges, North Yorkshire
Thornborough Ancient Monument Complex – North Yorkshire Page Under Development – come back for more info! A site that spans several thousands of years from the Stone Age to at least the Iron Age, the ancient people of the area built one of Britain’s largest ancient sites in Yorkshire, in what was to become the …
Sep 27
Pickhill Mound, North Yorkshire
Pickhill, North Yorkshire. The hill is called Picts Hill. The vilage – Pickhill takes it’s name from this hill. Pickhill is in the Domesday book. On the 1st edition OS there is a long mound and a short mound marked in the field next door, as well as some “mound foundations” and an earthwork. None …
Sep 27
Scorton Cursus, North Yorkshire
Scorton Cursus, North Yorkshire Scorton Cursus marked in blue on the 1850’2 OS 1st Edition map. The cursus was originally about 2.1km long and aligned SE-NW. Clustered round the monument were a number of ring ditches, one that was excavated had a single burial with a beaker. This would date the site as being in …
Sep 27
Kirklington Tumulus, North Yorkshire
Kirklington Tumulus “Prehistoric vessels dug out of the mound at Stapely Hill, Kirklington, in 1903. Fragments of several pottery urns of the Bronze Age, C. 1,000 B.C., one containing cremated human bones” Description and photo’s from Kirklington Church. “SE 326828 S. White reports that a polished flint axe was found by Mrs J. Fothergill in …
Sep 27
Catterick Henge, North Yorkshire
Catterick Henge – North Yorkshire Air photo showing location of the possible henge Analysis of air photography has revealed the almost complete plan of a feature. Thought to be a henge of similar nature to those elsewhere in the Swale-Ure valley. The bank of the earthwork was composed of river cobble and gravel dump construction. …
Sep 27
Kirkhaugh, Cumbria
Kirkhaugh – Cumbria Barrow (NY 704494) 2 miles NNW of Alston. Finds in Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle. “This mound is 22ft. in diam. and about 3ft high. It has been built upon a natural knoll which makes the barrow look larger than it is. Excavation showed that the mound has an earthy core with a …
Sep 27
Boltby Scar, North Yorkshire
Boltby Fort 1850’s OS map entry and the modern OS map for the area (right). “Willmot’s excavation of Boltby Fort yielded a large flat rimmed coarse sherd which Challis and Harding suggest can be dated to the first half of the first millenium B.C., by comparison with a similar sherd from Mam Tor, Derbyshire” The …
Sep 27
Devil’s Arrows, North Yorkshire
The Devil’s Arrows – BoroughBridge Introduction This Bronze Age site comprises of three large standing stones, it is thought originally there were as many as five stones in this alignment. Being Bronze Age little is known about the origin of the Devil’s Arrows, the name reflecting a more recent myth. The monument is strongly linked …
Sep 27
Knockfarrel, Ross and Cromarty
Knockfarrel Knockfarrel (Gaelic, cnoc, hill; faire, watch, or guard) Ross & Cromarty 2 1/2 miles west of Dingwall NH 505585 Vitrified Fort This had substantial ramparts made of stones with a timber frame, enclosing a large area and making good use of the natural defences of the hill-top.. At some time, the timber of the …