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Lob Wells Shelter

England
List entry 1012803
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1012803
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.03 hectares
Grid reference
SK 53146 80358
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Lob Wells Shelter is a Mesolithic rock shelter located in Yorkshire, England. The site represents evidence of human occupation during the post-glacial period, when hunter-gatherer populations utilised natural rock formations for temporary or seasonal refuge. The shelter's archaeological significance lies in its potential to illuminate patterns of Mesolithic settlement and subsistence strategies in northern England during the early post-glacial era.

Lob Wells Shelter is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012803. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Lob Wells Shelter?

Lob Wells Shelter is a Mesolithic rock shelter located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012803.

Who is responsible for protecting Lob Wells Shelter?

Lob Wells Shelter 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 1012803.

What other scheduled monuments are near Lob Wells Shelter?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Netherthorpe moated site (0.7 km), Formal and water gardens at Shireoaks Hall (1.6 km), Ash Tree Cave (4.5 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
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Netherthorpe moated site
0.7 km
Formal and water gardens at Shireoaks Hall
1.6 km
Ash Tree Cave
4.5 km
Worksop Castle: eleventh century motte castle and twelfth century shell keep castle
5.4 km
Markland Grips promontory fort
5.8 km
Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge, including Boat House Cave and Church Hole Cave See also DERBYSHIRE 275
6.1 km
Palaeolithic and later prehistoric sites at Creswell Gorge including Pinhole Cave, Mother Grundy's Parlour and Robin Hood's Cave See also NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 183
6.2 km
Standing cross
6.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Lob Wells Shelter

Lob Wells Shelter stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

The wider landscape

Around Lob Wells Shelter

ThorpeRoman town · ~23.4 milesBattle of Stoke (Field) 1487Battle (1487) · ~23.4 miles
Domesday entry for Thorpe, Yorkshire →
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