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Scoles Coppice Fort

Filed under Brigantia, Brigantia England, Fort, Hill Fort, Iron Age

Scholes (or Scoles) Coppice Camp (sometimes called “Caesar’s Camp”) lies just north-west of Kimberworth in Rotherham, atop the same Magnesian Limestone ridge that carries the Roman Rig. Its grid reference is roughly SE 436 937, placing it only 200–300 m to the north of the Rig’s northern branch

Brigantes, Brigantia, Camp, Enclosure, Hill Fort, Iron Age, Roman Rig, Scoles Coppice, South Yorkshire
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Oval Barrow east of Ulshaw Bridge

Filed under Brigantia, Brigantia England, Burial Mound, Landscape feature, Long Barrow

This unexcavated and undated barrow matches many of other Late Neolithic / Early Bronze-Age round barrows (c. 2400–1500 BC) dotted along the flanks of the Yorkshire Dales.

barrow, Brone Age, Coverdale, coverham, Lonf Cairne, Long Mound, middleham, Mound, Neolithic, North Yorkshire, Oval Mound, Ulshaw Bridge, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales
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Jun 27

Prehistoric mounds, cairns and boundary earthworks in Coverdale

Filed under Archaeology, Barrow, Boundary Marker, Brigantia, Brigantia England, Bronze Age, Burial Mound, Dark Ages, Dark Ages Brigantia, Early Christian, Early Medieval, Guide, Iron Age, Landscape Archaeology, Landscape feature, Motte and Bailey, Mound, New Sites, Roman, Terraces, Visible Remains

A gazetteer of probable prehistoric mounds, cairns and boundary earthworks in Coverdale. It is not complete and is still being researched.

Barrows, Boundary Markers, Bronze Age, Cairns, Coverdale, Ditches, Dykes, Earthworks, Iron Age, Medieval, Mounds, North Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales
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Coverdale

Filed under Brigantia England, Geography, Geology, Regional Surveys

Coverdale, located within the Yorkshire Dales National Park, is a valley of great beauty and rich history. Its unique geography, fascinating geology, and enduring heritage combine to create a truly special place. Coverdale is home to at least two Iron Age hill forts, and a long history of mining and landscape transformation