A large artificial mound here, apparently raised for defensive purposes, bears the name of Picts’ Hill, and an improbable belief prevails that the Picts defeated the Romans in battle at a spot, not far off, called Roman Castle. This mound is also known as Money Hill, but, though partially cut away for the construction of the railway, the traditionary hidden treasure was not found
“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.
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 use from around 3,500BC until at least the Bronze Age c.2,000 BC.
For over five hundred years, the miners and smelters of Reeth produced mountains of precious lead. The lead ores from Reeth had high concentrations of Silver, Lead itself became and important ingredient in bronze. Maiden Castle, deep in the Swaledale lead mining territory a unique piece of Iron Age architecture. It is the only known fort with what seems to be a processional entrance.
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Timeline 60BC – 138AD This timeline is focussed on the British Celtic culture and those cultures which had influence on the British Celts. It Read more Cartimandua Yorkshire, and much of northern Britain was also ruled by a queen, the most powerful ruler in Britain in fact. Read more Caratacus Caratacus was highly influenced by …
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Glossaries Glossaries [su_button url=”https://brigantesnation.com/latin-roman-terms”]Latin (Roman) Terms[/su_button] [su_button url=”https://brigantesnation.com/technical-terms”]Technical Terms[/su_button] [su_button url=”https://brigantesnation.com/archaeological-terms”]Archaeological Glossary[/su_button] Mote of Mark, Dumfries “Mote of Mark from sea shore path – geograph.org.uk – 6273954” by Andrew Curtis is Read more Devil’s Arrows, North Yorkshire The Devil’s Arrows – BoroughBridge Introduction This Bronze Age site comprises of three large standing stones, it …
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