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Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove

England
List entry 1010553
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1010553
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.02 hectares
Grid reference
SD 89919 64028
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove is a scheduled ancient monument located in the Malham area of North Yorkshire. The site comprises an enclosed settlement of prehistoric date, representing evidence of early human occupation and organisation in the upland landscape of the Pennines. The enclosure demonstrates the settlement patterns and agricultural practices of prehistoric communities in northern England, preserved within the distinctive karst topography east of Malham Cove. This monument contributes to understanding the development of settled habitation and land use in the Yorkshire Dales region during the prehistoric period.

Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010553. View the official record →

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What is Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove?

Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove is a scheduled ancient monument located in the Malham area of North Yorkshire.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove?

Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1010553.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 550m south west of Park Hill (5.9 km), Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn (6.7 km), Crane Field round barrow (7.2 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 550m south west of Park Hill
5.9 km
Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn
6.7 km
Crane Field round barrow
7.2 km
Round barrow 400m south west of Crane Field Laithe
7.2 km
Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves
7.3 km
Round barrow north of Moor Syke, Crane Field
7.4 km
Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn
8 km
Icehouse in Coniston Hall Park, 390m south east of Coniston Hall
8.7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove

Enclosed prehistoric settlement east of Malham Cove stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.

Domesday entry for Malham, Yorkshire →
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