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Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill

England

List entry 1018240

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1018240

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

5.37 hectares

Grid reference

SE 06806 38145

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Catstones Ring is a Late prehistoric enclosed settlement located on Catstones Hill in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a univallate earthwork comprising a single bank and ditch defining an irregular enclosure typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in northern England. The site dates to the Iron Age period and represents evidence of domestic occupation and land division during this era of British prehistory. Such enclosed settlements were characteristic responses to landscape management and community organization in the later prehistoric period.

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018240. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill?

Catstones Ring is a Late prehistoric enclosed settlement located on Catstones Hill in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018240.

Who is responsible for protecting Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill?

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones 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 1018240.

What other scheduled monuments are near Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn 310m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (0.9 km), Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (0.9 km), Cairn 330m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor (1 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

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

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Target Zones

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ring cairn 310m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor

0.9 km

Cairn 290m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor

0.9 km

Cairn 330m north of Woodhead on Harden Moor

1 km

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Castle Stead Ring

2.5 km

Five carved rocks in Cottingley Woods, 600m NNE of Lee Farm

3 km

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement 150m north of Shaygate Farm, Wilsden

4 km

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement in Crosley Wood, Bingley, 185m north of Scourer Bridge

5 km

Carved rock in the wall at north edge of Otley Road north west of the Fleece Inn

6.8 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill

Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Late prehistoric enclosed settlement known as Catstones Ring on Catstones Hill

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~10.3 miles

Domesday entry for Cullingworth, Yorkshire →

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