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The Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars is a Bronze Age or later pastoral monument located on high moorland northwest of Park End in Yorkshire. The site comprises eight small stone-built structures characteristic of shielings, temporary or seasonal shelters used by herders during transhumance practices, together with an associated track that connected these pastoral camps. The monument reflects the long history of upland grazing exploitation in the Pennine region, where communities moved livestock to high pastures during summer months. The precise dating and duration of use of these particular structures remain subjects of archaeological study, though such upland pastoral sites represent an important category of archaeological evidence for understanding pre-industrial land use and settlement patterns in northern England.
Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019454. View the official record →
The Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars is a Bronze Age or later pastoral monument located on high moorland northwest of Park End in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019454.
Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End 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 1019454.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn on Goldsborough, Cotherstone Moor, 840m south of Pitcher House (9 km), Cup and ring marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 870m south south east of Pitcher House (9.1 km), Cup and groove marked rock on Goldsborough Rigg, Cotherstone Moor, 920m south east of Pitcher House (9.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End'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.
Group of eight shielings and a track on Crossthwaite Scars 675m north west of Park End stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is mafic igneous-rock.