The church at Stanwick sits very close to the original centre of the Iron Age fort. It’s churchyard seems to respect a more ancient ritual use and it’s siting in conjunction with not only Mary Wild Beck but also the Sacred Spring in at the front of this church and it’s 10th century origins indicate this site was a focal point for ritual activity right back to the Iron Age and before.
The County of North Yorkshire is a small part of what was once a much larger collection of tribes in Read more
This Iron Age Hill Fort is mostly unrecorded and minimal information is available. A site visit is required to further Read more
We call Braithwaite Wood Fort Iron Age, but it's actually undated, but its typology indicates a potential Iron Age origin.
For over five hundred years, the miners and smelters of Reeth produced mountains of precious lead. The lead ores from Read more
