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Category Archives: Settlement/Enclosures
Clowder (1), Arncliffe, North Yorkshire
Enclosures: OS Grid Reference – SD 9165 6968 Also Known as: Clouder Getting Here To the right of The Falcon Inn across from Arncliffe village green is a trackway called the Monk’s Way. Walk up here for about 450 yards … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Arncliffe, Bronze Age, earth mysteries, enclosures, England, english heritage, Iron Age, Malham, medieval history, North Yorkshire, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, sacred sites, settlements, walling, Yorkshire Dales
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Horn Bank, Rigton, North Yorkshire
Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – SE 2905 5035 Archaeology & History Upon the top of the old ridge where ran the ancient trackway between Rigton and Pannal, could once be found a multi-period settlement, long since gone – as … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Brackenthwaite, Bronze Age, camps, Earthworks, enclosures, England, english heritage, Forest of Knaresborough, Harrogate, Iron Age, North Yorkshire, Pannal, prehistoric sites, Rigton, Romano-British, settlements
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Briscoe Rigg, Rigton, North Yorkshire
Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference — SE 2581 5100 Archaeology & History Highlighted on the 1851 OS-map of the area as a ‘Camp’, all trace of this ancient settlement would seem to have been destroyed. It was already on its … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Settlement/Enclosures, Yorkshire, North
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Beckwithshaw, Bronze Age, camps, Earthworks, enclosures, England, english heritage, Forest of Knaresborough, Harrogate, Iron Age, North Yorkshire, Pannal, prehistoric sites, Rigton, Romano-British, settlements
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Modsary, Tongue, Sutherland
Hut Circle: OS Grid Reference – NC 65189 61639 Getting Here Along the A836 between Tongue and Bettyhill—nearly 5 miles (7.75km) east of Tongue—take the minor road north to Modsary and Skerray. Some 1.75 miles along you’ll notice an inland loch … Continue reading
Posted in Hut Circles, Scotland, Settlement/Enclosures, Sutherland
Tagged ancient villages, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, clearance villages, enclosures, heritage, hut circles, Iron Age, Modsary, prehistoric sites, Scotland, Scottish Clearances, settlements, Skerray, Sutherland, Tongue, walling
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Talmine (west), Melness, Tongue, Sutherland
Settlement: OS Grid Reference – NC 5764 6248 — NEW FIND Getting Here Along the A836 road between Durness and Tongue, take the minor road north to Melness and Talmine. 400 yards or so past Talmine Stores shop, walk left up … Continue reading
Posted in Scotland, Settlement/Enclosures, Sutherland
Tagged ancient history, ancient sites, ancient walls, antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, cairns, chambered cairns, enclosures, hut circles, Iron Age, Melness, neolithic, prehistoric sites, sacred sites, Scotland, settlements, stone rows, Sutherland, Talmine, tombs, Tongue, walling
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Newton Bridge Enclosure, Fowlis Wester, Perthshire
Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – NN 8884 3155 Getting Here Venture along the A822 Crieff to Dunkeld road, turning down into the gorgeous Sma’ Glen. Nearly 1 mile past Ossian’s Stone, just past where the road crosses the River Almond, walk along the track on your … Continue reading
Posted in Perthshire, Scotland, Settlement/Enclosures
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Bronze Age, enclosures, Fowlis Wester, Glen Almond, heritage, Highlanders, historic Scotland, Iron Age, Perthshire, pictish, Picts, prehistoric sites, Romano-British, settlements, Sma Glen, walling
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Cratcliff East Enclosure, Harthill, Derbyshire
Enclosure: OS Grid Reference – SK 2259 6238 Getting Here Taking the roughly north-south road betwixt the village of Elton and the town of Youlgreave, rising up to see the great rock outcrop of Robin Hood’s Stride, park-up by the roadside … Continue reading
Posted in Brigantia (Northern England), Derbyshire, Settlement/Enclosures
Tagged antiquarian, antiquities, Archaeology, Birchover, Bradford, Bronze Age, Derbyshire, earth mysteries, Earthworks, Elton, enclosures, England, english heritage, Harthill Moor, Iron Age, prehistoric sites, Robin Hood, sacred sites, settlements, Stone Circles, tourist attractions, Youlgreave
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Power Station Road, Sheerness, Isle of Sheppey, Kent
Settlement (destroyed): OS Grid Reference – TQ 932 733 Archaeology & History An extensive site that was uncovered when a housing estate was being built on the south-side of Power Station Road at the end of the 20th century. During … Continue reading
Baston Manor, Hayes, Kent
Settlement: OS Grid Reference – TQ 407 649 Archaeology & History This settlement site was found thanks to the good work of the Bromley & West Kent Archaeology Group in the 1960s, when they decided to do follow-up work to … Continue reading
