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Enclosure E of Malham Lings

England
List entry 1004155
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004155
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.04 hectares
Grid reference
SD 91002 64715
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure E of Malham Lings is a prehistoric earthwork located on the limestone plateau near Malham in North Yorkshire. The site comprises a substantial rectilinear or sub-rectangular enclosure defined by banks and ditches, characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age settlement patterns in the upland regions of northern England. The monument forms part of a broader complex of prehistoric field systems and enclosures at Malham Lings, which represents sustained pastoral and agricultural use of this moorland landscape during later prehistory. The earthwork survives as a significant archaeological record of upland settlement and land division practices in the Bronze Age or Iron Age period.

Enclosure E of Malham Lings is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004155. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosure E of Malham Lings?

Enclosure E of Malham Lings is a prehistoric earthwork located on the limestone plateau near Malham in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004155.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure E of Malham Lings?

Enclosure E of Malham Lings 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 1004155.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure E of Malham Lings?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 550m south west of Park Hill (6.9 km), Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn (7.4 km), Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves (7.6 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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Legal
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 550m south west of Park Hill
6.9 km
Lower Colgarth Hill round cairn
7.4 km
Pillow mounds east of Friars Head, known as Giants' Graves
7.6 km
Cup marked rock in wall east of Scarnber Wood, 500m north east of Bark Laithe, Winterburn
8.1 km
Crane Field round barrow
8.2 km
Round barrow 400m south west of Crane Field Laithe
8.2 km
Round barrow north of Moor Syke, Crane Field
8.3 km
Calton Gill round cairn
9.2 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure E of Malham Lings

Enclosure E of Malham Lings 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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