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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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May 20

Guide: Fortified Barns in Yorkshire – A historical overview

Filed under Brigantia England, Enclosure, Fortified Barn, Georgian, Guide, Jacobite, Landscape feature, Medieval, Medieval Brigantia, Stuart, Tudor

Even in a rural community of mainly farmers, there are often reasons to wish to build or create a structure that is for, at least in part, for defensive purposes. Thus, some barns in Yorkshire and other places can be seen to have “arrow slits”, and later, square “gun ports”. This article provides a brief overview of what these structures are, why they were built and how they were used.

Abbey, Barn, Bastle, Bastle-barn, Bolton Abbey, Bolton Priory Tithe Barn, Bowlees, Byre, Coverdale, Dentdale, Easby, Estate Barn, Fountains Abbey, Friar's Head Grange Barn, gun-loop, Holwick, Jervaulx, Keld, Langstrothdale, Loophole, Monastic, Mount Grace, Muker, Musket-loop, Nidderdale, North Riding, priory, Put-log hole, Rievaulx, Scar House Coal Barn, Stang-side Bustle, Swaledale, Thornton Stewart, Thwaite, Town Head Farm Barn, Upper Teasdale, Wensleydale, Yorkshire, Yorkshire Dales
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May 20

The Coal Barns of Coverdale

Filed under Anthracite - Coal, Barn, Brigantia England, Georgian

“Coal Barns”, are, in the case of Coverdale, and smaller coal producer, often, simply ordinary barns, which have been used, and perhaps partially converted for use as coal storage.