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Enclosure on Steeling Hill

England
List entry 1004120
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004120
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.86 hectares
Grid reference
SD 88592 55148
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Enclosure on Steeling Hill is a prehistoric monument located in Yorkshire, England. The site comprises an earthwork enclosure of probable Iron Age date, representing a form of settlement or defensive structure characteristic of the later prehistoric period in northern England. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork feature within the landscape, preserving evidence of ancient land use and social organisation. Such enclosed settlements were typically associated with pastoral and agricultural communities of the Iron Age period.

Enclosure on Steeling Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004120. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Enclosure on Steeling Hill?

Enclosure on Steeling Hill is a prehistoric monument located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004120.

Who is responsible for protecting Enclosure on Steeling Hill?

Enclosure on Steeling Hill 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 1004120.

What other scheduled monuments are near Enclosure on Steeling Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Site of Old Hall (5 km), Roman villa at Kirk Sink (5.6 km), Site of the Old Hall (6.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Site of Old Hall
5 km
Roman villa at Kirk Sink
5.6 km
Site of the Old Hall
6.3 km
Stock medieval settlement and part of its associated medieval open field system
6.6 km
Paythorne Bridge
6.7 km
Burwen Castle Roman forts
7 km
Castle Haugh Ringwork, Newsholme
7.1 km
Little Painley bowl barrow
7.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Enclosure on Steeling Hill

Enclosure on Steeling Hill stands on Bowland High Group And Craven Group (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

Domesday entry for Stainton, Yorkshire →
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