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Grassington enclosures is a Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement site located in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. The monument comprises a series of field systems and enclosures that represent evidence of prehistoric agricultural activity and land management practices in the Yorkshire Dales. The enclosures date primarily to the Bronze Age, though the site shows signs of earlier Neolithic occupation and activity. The remains survive as earthwork features and provide important archaeological evidence for understanding the pattern of prehistoric settlement and subsistence strategies in upland northern England.
Grassington enclosures is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004173. View the official record →
Grassington enclosures is a Neolithic and Bronze Age settlement site located in Wharfedale, North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004173.
Grassington enclosures 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 1004173.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hydro-electric power house and associated weir 250m north west of Tin Bridge (1.8 km), Linton churchyard cross and sundial (2.1 km), Redmayne packhorse bridge (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Grassington enclosures's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Grassington enclosures stands on Dinantian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Mississippian. The rock here is limestone with subordinate sandstone and argillaceous rocks.